During the years between 1770s and 1820s, a series of revolutions occurred in the west of hemisphere, which includes American, French, Haitian, and Spanish American revolutions. All of these revolutions correspond to the same series which is known as the Atlantic revolutions. Enlightenment ideas was the most incentive theme to the revolutions, as all of them were inspired by the ideas like equality, free trade, and religious tolerance and became conscious of the current situation that was filled of difficulty for some and divine for some others. Therefore, enlightenment ideas made them think about the unequal conditions that they were going through until they eventually gained desire to revolt and attempted to make some adjustments. Even though
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To demonstrate, one of the revolutions occurred in Haiti which can be counted as an unprecedented event throughout history because it was the mere revolution which shifted the entire social structure and established a new equal society. Furthermore, as Strayer utters, "a slave labor force of about 500,000 people…in a massive revolution beginning in 1971, triggered by rumors that the French king had already declared an end to slavery slaves burned 1000 plantations and killed thousands of whites…" (The ways of the world, 793). Essentially, this quote clarifies that before the revolution majority of Haiti was composed of slaves while the power was in the hands of the minority. Nevertheless, the revolution restructured the society and almost everyone was equal. On the other hand, the echoes of the revolution spread around the world in particular Britain, and most of the countries were asking for equality. This galvanized the slaves to take some steps as the book states, "the actions of slaves themselves hastened the end of slavery. The dramatically successful Haitian revolution followed by three major rebellions…" (Strayer, 799). This was a threat on Britain itself because during these years were extremely harsh and emphasizing on gaining their rights. Therefore, this factor combining with some others as such economic, religious, and political factors made Britain to abolish slave trade and eventually slavery. Consequently, ending slavery alone can be considered as the most significant shift in human history as it saves millions of lives and returns some sort of happiness and humanity to the
To demonstrate, one of the revolutions occurred in Haiti which can be counted as an unprecedented event throughout history because it was the mere revolution which shifted the entire social structure and established a new equal society. Furthermore, as Strayer utters, "a slave labor force of about 500,000 people…in a massive revolution beginning in 1971, triggered by rumors that the French king had already declared an end to slavery slaves burned 1000 plantations and killed thousands of whites…" (The ways of the world, 793). Essentially, this quote clarifies that before the revolution majority of Haiti was composed of slaves while the power was in the hands of the minority. Nevertheless, the revolution restructured the society and almost everyone was equal. On the other hand, the echoes of the revolution spread around the world in particular Britain, and most of the countries were asking for equality. This galvanized the slaves to take some steps as the book states, "the actions of slaves themselves hastened the end of slavery. The dramatically successful Haitian revolution followed by three major rebellions…" (Strayer, 799). This was a threat on Britain itself because during these years were extremely harsh and emphasizing on gaining their rights. Therefore, this factor combining with some others as such economic, religious, and political factors made Britain to abolish slave trade and eventually slavery. Consequently, ending slavery alone can be considered as the most significant shift in human history as it saves millions of lives and returns some sort of happiness and humanity to the