The Age of Revolutions and Nationalism
Revolution is no new theme throughout history for people have always expressed an innate desire to grow and seek out new opportunities to expand previously closed-off boundaries, especially with Enlightenment ideals fueling the way. The American Revolution took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists of Great Britain’s thirteen American colonies repudiated rule under the British monarchy and established the United States of America. “By the mid-1700s, colonists had been living in America for nearly 150 years. Each of the 13 colonies had its own government, and people were used to a great degree of independence. Colonists saw themselves less as British and more as Virginians or Pennsylvanians. However, they were still British subjects and were expected to obey British law” (McDougal 640). The tense relationship between the American colonists and …show more content…
The goals they had in mind were to establish a balance of power in Europe that averted the opportunity for imperialism like that of Napoleon's and political revolutions such as the French Revolutions and instead perpetuated peace and a maintenance of the status quo.The Congress of Vienna imbued a long-lasting legacy on the political world. The size and scope of France was greatly diminished, while the Britain and Prussia surged. Feelings of nationalism spread to areas that the Congress had put under foreign control and European colonies, and eventually those feelings would flourish into revolutions and the formation of new nations. Simultaneously, the French Revolution had sparked new ideas about the basis of power and authority and changed attitudes about social issues that earlier were ingrained in Europe. More and more people looked to democracy as the best way to safeguard liberty, justice, and equality, kindling a new
Revolution is no new theme throughout history for people have always expressed an innate desire to grow and seek out new opportunities to expand previously closed-off boundaries, especially with Enlightenment ideals fueling the way. The American Revolution took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists of Great Britain’s thirteen American colonies repudiated rule under the British monarchy and established the United States of America. “By the mid-1700s, colonists had been living in America for nearly 150 years. Each of the 13 colonies had its own government, and people were used to a great degree of independence. Colonists saw themselves less as British and more as Virginians or Pennsylvanians. However, they were still British subjects and were expected to obey British law” (McDougal 640). The tense relationship between the American colonists and …show more content…
The goals they had in mind were to establish a balance of power in Europe that averted the opportunity for imperialism like that of Napoleon's and political revolutions such as the French Revolutions and instead perpetuated peace and a maintenance of the status quo.The Congress of Vienna imbued a long-lasting legacy on the political world. The size and scope of France was greatly diminished, while the Britain and Prussia surged. Feelings of nationalism spread to areas that the Congress had put under foreign control and European colonies, and eventually those feelings would flourish into revolutions and the formation of new nations. Simultaneously, the French Revolution had sparked new ideas about the basis of power and authority and changed attitudes about social issues that earlier were ingrained in Europe. More and more people looked to democracy as the best way to safeguard liberty, justice, and equality, kindling a new