- Atlantic revolutions triggered by different circumstances.
- North American Revolution (1775-1787)
- Struggle for independence from oppressive British Rule
- Shifted into a much more conservative movement although that's not what it was originally about.
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“the most radical in the con- temporary Western world.”
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British colonists were “republican in their manners . . . and their government” - Sam Adams - Haitian Revolution
- French revolution influenced
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"To the grands blancs — the rich white landowners — it suggested greater autonomy for the colony and fewer economic restrictions on trade, but they resented the demands of the petits blancs, who sought equality of citizenship for all whites. Both white groups were adamantly opposed to the insistence of free people of color that the “rights of man” meant equal treatment for all free people regardless of race. To the slaves, the promise of the French Revolution was a personal freedom that challenged the entire slave labor system. In a massive revolt beginning in 1791, triggered by rumors that the French king had already declared an end to slavery, slaves burned 1,000 plantations and killed hundreds of whites as well as mixed-race people."
- Spanish American Revolutions
- Spanish colonists were previously governed by an authoritarian fashion.
- Spanish colonies were offended by Spanish monarchy and their attempt to exercise greater power.
- Lasted a long time
- I was not aware of the rippling affect of the revolutions. I think it is Human nature to feed off of each others actions as well as emotions.
- Enlightenment-people began to criticize slavery. Felt it was time to finally end it!
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