A significant detail that differentiates France and Mexico’s revolutionary goals is the idea of independence. In Mexico, citizens wanted independence from Spain and wished to create their own country. In France, the French did not want to part from the government but simply ameliorate the corruption. Additionally, although France and Mexico both wanted to eradicate their oppressive governments, Mexico had a dictator and France had a monarchy. This difference of who was in power assisted in the elongation of the French revolution in comparison to the Mexican.…
What was the catalyst of the American Revolution? A person? An event? An action? It can be said that there was an American Revolution because of this unexpected bloodshed known as the Boston Massacre or the longstanding war known as the French and Indian War, however the paramount catalyst of this revolution really depends on the point of view the story is told from.…
Many colonies yearned for their freedom from their mother country. Research will demonstrate the importance of why this period molded our world. The Latin American colonies had native born citizens known as creoles and citizens who came over from Europe, the peninsulares. The administrative positions were given to the men who came over from Europe and the creoles felt this was unfair. It made the native born citizens upset with the Europeans.…
In the early 19th century, when the momentum of the revolution was driving most of Latin America to fight for independence, the wave skipped over Central America. In this area, like most of Latin America, independence was a debate amongst the elite (creoles). It was in the creoles best interest, at the time, to stay under Spanish rule since they did not believe they could control the lower classes on their own. It also did not help that the Spanish military was strong in the region; a revolt would have been more difficult for Central America. Liberals did, however, declare independence later on and a struggle for power created turmoil in the region for a…
I lived during the period the history books called the Enlightenment. My life then extended into the French Revolution, a period of revolt and blood. The French Revolution was a time of accomplishment for the radicals and philosophers. The history books paint this revolution in such a gruesome light, yet it was merely what my comrades and I encouraged the people of France to do. More would probably know me if I had found time to document my beliefs before my execution.…
The Arab Spring revolutions in Tunisia and the Latin American revolutions may have taken place centuries apart, yet their revolutions share some core similarities but differs in several key ways. Tunisia’s revolution came about from government oppression and corruption, the declining economic state of the nation, and was organized with the help of both traditional and new forms of media spreading revolutionary ideals. The Latin American revolutions came about from the clashes between the different racial and social groups, dissatisfaction in the colonial economic system, and the sprouting of other revolutions in other countries that all proclaimed these new revolutionary Enlightenment ideas. One of the major causes of the Tunisian Arab Spring…
Armed conflicts in Europe rose and many countries went to war to gain territory. French society played a major role in contributing to global society through their revolts that started the Revolution. The world as we know is influenced by the French Revolution and its…
As Francisco H. Vasquez explained in Latino Thought: Culture, Politics, and Society (Document 8), the Creoles were also concerned about controlling those that they saw as a growing threat: the Indians, blacks and Mestizos. It is interesting that the Creoles were so highly offended that the Spaniards were treating them with such great disrespect and intolerance, but they were willing to treat the native cultures of Latin America the same way they were being treated by Spain. This hypocrisy of Creole anger over their own unequal treatment, while at the same time fighting to make sure that people they saw as lesser than themselves should remain powerless was shown clearly in Rei Berroa’s An Introduction to Latin American Society: A Background to its Fiction 1986 (Document 9) where the Creoles did everything that they could to deprive black Haitian slaves who had fought for Haiti’s independence an equal place beside them in the greater Revolution. Instead of welcoming these native brothers with them in the fight against the Monarchy, the Creoles only saw these people as competitors and never considered treating them as equals in a land where everyone could grow and thrive…
The French and American War of Independence had similarities and conflicts. The revolution and American War of Independence were the samples of civilian’s rebellion against their regime. The French rebelled against their government during a violent fashion, as did the Americans. Britain’s treasury was drained in order that they taxed America and infuriated the colonists; almost like the French treasury being low, in order that they declared war on alternative states to undertake to fill again the treasury; French, and War of American Independence had their own declarations and constitutions written. Each country won their revolutions; Besides, France, wished a brand new government and extra money and food offer; but the America simply wished their independence from land; but America was burdensome issues and numbers from land that were laborious on them; and France were those laborious on others for cash to refill them provides.…
The peninsulares and the creoles combined controlled land, wealth, and power in Spain 's Latin American colonies. However, the majority of the Latin American population consisted of mestizos (mixed European and Indian ancestry), mulattos (mixed European and African ancestry), enslaved Africans, and Indians. The success of the Americans in their revolution encouraged Latin American territories to begin fighting for their own freedom. Saint Domingue, a French…