Atlantic Revolutions Essay

Context: During the 1770s and 1780s, several revolutions were occurred all around the Atlantic Ocean, so they all share the same title which is the Atlantic Revolutions. The main revolutions took place in North America and France. Even though all the Atlantic revolutions had influence on each other, but these two revolutions had more influences as they had direct connections. France assisted American to overthrow the British rule in America as a revenge to the seven years of war, in which Britain defeated France. However, helping America had negative effects on France itself. Consequently, France faced an economic crisis which made them establish new taxation systems. The enlightened French troops who returned from America after the war against…

Atlantic Revolutions in a Global Context ¥ From the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, a series of uprisings shook states and empires from Russia to China and from Persia to West Africa. ¥ There were several aspects of the North American, French, Haitian, and Spanish American revolutions that make them distinct and clearly part of the Atlantic Basin. ¥ The intellectual impact of the Enlightenment created a trans-Atlantic print culture, wherever ideas were changed and…

The Atlantic Revolutions were key events that have lasting impacts in the modern world. The revolutions took place in the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe. These revolutions include the North American, French, Haitian, and Spanish American Revolutions. They began in the late 1700s and lasted through the early 1800s. The North American Revolution, also known as the Revolutionary War, began in 1775 and ended in 1787, making it the shortest of the four main Atlantic Revolutions. The…

Wim Klooster’s Revolutions in the Atlantic World: A Comparative History is a book that revolutionizes the connections between four major revolutions of the Atlantic World. Instead of examining strictly one revolution and comparing to another, Klooster utilizes both primary and secondary sources to compare and connect the four revolutions: “British North America (1775-1783), France (1789-1799), Saint-Domingue (1791-1804), and Spanish America (1810-1824).” Klooster’s work can be viewed at the…

In the introduction of R.R. Palmer’s The Age of the Democratic Revolution: A Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800, he outlines the movements that changed the structures within Western Civilization, which he defines as being the United States, England, France, and several other European countries. Palmer not only fails to examine over half of the nations in the western world that he discusses, but in doing so he also implies that the uprisings in these countries do not fit into his…

moral qualities such as leadership, courage, honesty, having respect for others, or even having respect for themselves is an important aspect of life. Ms. Jessica Lahey, who works for the Atlantic Monthly Magazine, is a strong adherent of character education in schools. In her article “The Benefits of Character Education: What I Learned from Teaching at a “Core Virtues” School, she gives her logic as to why such a program should be implemented into all schools’ curriculum. Lahey believes that…

Kraus in their respective works, Revolutions in the Atlantic World along with A Cultural Revolution: A Very Short History make the argument that for one to understand revolutions they must first have a firm understanding of many cultural, political and social ideas. They make these arguments by exploring the Haitian, French, American, Spanish American revolutions, as well as the chinese cultural revolution that took place under the lead of Mao Zedong and examine them using unique perspectives…

American people used natural resources to trade and make money. Since our country had tons and tons of natural resources we were able to trade with people who did not have them, this gave us money. Many people wanted natural resources because they were an efficient way of having heat and energy and are used to meet “people’s needs”. The demand was high and America could fulfil the demand for raw materials such as oil, natural gas, and coal. America not only became rich through their “abundance…

The Panama Canal is a waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. It is 48 miles. It’s a system of locks that function as water lifts. The locks are 110 feet wide and 1050 feet long. It lifts the ships from sea level. The ships then sail to the channel through the continental divide. It takes 8 to 10 hours to pass through the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal was built to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.The building process began in 1881…

The History of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was born in southern Europe in 1451. He was very religious, and fixated on gaining support on his plan to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean. Columbus was an experienced sailor and day-by-day he became more convinced that his idea was possible. The plan was to start from the west, and travel all the way to the east side, because like many other Europeans of his time, Columbus believed the that the Earth was a sphere and that…