Atlantic Revolutions
Part 1: American & French
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Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
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Part 2: Haitian & Latin American
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"...From 1775 to 1821, the Atlantic world moves into a new stage and that’s a stage that’s marked by the end of empire. Oftentimes this end of empire is referred to as the Age of Atlantic Revolutions because there are a number of revolutions that took place across, or within these worlds connected by Atlantic trade..."
Key Terms - Part 1
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Key Terms - Part 2
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Guided Viewing Questions
- Discuss the Atlantic Revolutions. How did America, France, Haiti and Latin America come to experience revolutions during the late 18th and early 19th centuries? What did they have in common? How did they differ?
- How did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution? How did the French Revolution influence the Haitian Revolution? How did the Haitian Revolution influence Latin American Revolutions?
- What were the causes of these revolutions? What were the major themes of these revolutions?
- How did the Atlantic Revolutions contribute to ideas about universal rights?
- In what ways were there contradictions with how these rights were granted, especially with respect to women in places such as France and the United States and slaves in colonies such as St. Domingue (Haiti)?