Ways of the World Chapter 16

What was the most distinctive feature of the Haitian Revolution?

Its status as the only completely successful slave revolt in world history

What best describes the result of Napoleon's conquest and reform of European lands outside France?

The conquered accepted many of the reforms, but revolted against French control.

What was an impact of the Haitian Revolution throughout the Atlantic world?

Similar slave insurrections spread throughout the Atlantic world, including Brazil, Jamaica, and Louisiana.

What is one reason why the Spanish American revolutions took longer

One key reason why the Spanish American revolutions took longer than other colonial revolutions was the vast geographical size and diverse populations of the Spanish colonies in the Americas, which made it difficult to coordinate rebellions across large distances and with different social groups, leading to prolonged conflicts and regional variations in the fight for independence.

Why was the Spanish American Revolution more difficult than the (North) American Revolution

Divisions of class, race, and region within Spanish America.

What great fear drove the Latin American creole elites to pursue independence and political change?

They feared that social unrest from the lower classes and nonwhites would get out of control.

What arguments made the cause of abolition widely acceptable in the 19th Century?

Slavery was no longer necessary for economic progress

What is true of the countries with women's rights movements by the early 1900s?

In the most industrialized countries of the West, it had become a mass movement.

Many questions emerged from the ideas of the Atlantic revolutions EXCEPT:

Should monarchs only be male?

How much autonomy did the British colonies in America have in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, before the conflict that led to American independence?

A large amount

What kind of wholesale social transformation followed in the wake of the American Revolution?

None; the elites within the colonies remained in power.

What is one important way in which the French Revolution differed from the American Revolution?

The French Revolution involved a conflict within segments of the French society and economy; the American Revolution involved a conflict a distant imperial power and its colonies.

Whom did the third estate of the Estates General represent?

The 98 percent of the population not in the clergy, nobility, or royal family

What best characterizes the course that the French Revolution followed between 1789 and 1794?

Increasing radicalization and use of violence by revolutionaries

What was NOT among the radical measures undertaken by the new revolutionary government in France?

Granting independence to all French colonies

What impact did Napoleon Bonaparte have on the French Revolution as leader of France from 1799 to 1814?

He preserved its moderate elements but got rid of its more radical changes

How did Napoleon spread the seeds of the French Revolution across Europe and Russia?

By conquering most of Europe and instituting revolutionary reforms throughout the empire

What best describes the result of Napoleon's conquest and reform of European lands?

The conquered accepted many of the reforms but revolted against French control.

How did the wealthy white and poor white populations on Saint Domingue (later called Haiti) interpret the French Revolution's emphasis on equality and liberty?

The wealthy whites believed it applied only to them; poor whites believed it applied to all whites but not to blacks.

What happened to Haiti's huge and enormously profitable slave plantations after Haitian independence was won in 1804?

The land was redistributed among ex-slaves and free blacks to use for their own needs

What was NOT an impact of the Haitian Revolution throughout the Atlantic world?

Similar slave insurrections occurred throughout the Atlantic world, for example in Brazil, Jamaica, and Louisiana.

Which of the following arguments made the cause of abolition widely acceptable in the nineteenth century?

Slavery was no longer necessary for a strong economy.

How did successful and unsuccessful slave uprisings in the early nineteenth century sway British public opinion in the issue of slavery?

The rebellions showed that slaves were not contented but rather were brutally oppressed, and this persuaded the British public to support the abolition of slavery.

What religious group did NOT experience strong nationalist movements in the nineteenth century?

Christians

How was the idea of the "nation" often presented in the nineteenth century?

As something ancient that was being rediscovered

What was NOT a way in which feminists achieved progress for women in the Atlantic world?

Violent revolution