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🌍 Atlantic Revolutions (c. 1775–1825)

A wave of revolutions across the Americas and Europe inspired by Enlightenment ideas (natural rights, popular sovereignty, equality before law).

Key Causes

    •    Enlightenment thinkers (Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu)

    •    Heavy taxation & economic inequality

    •    Influence of earlier revolutions

    •    Desire to end absolutism and colonial rule

Major Revolutions

🇺🇸 American Revolution (1775–1783)

    •    Colonists rebelled against British taxes and lack of representation

    •    Result: United States independence

    •    Established a constitutional republic

    •    Limited equality (slavery and women excluded)

🇫🇷 French Revolution (1789–1799)

    •    Caused by inequality, debt, food shortages

    •    Overthrew monarchy → declared rights of man

    •    Radical phase (Reign of Terror)

    •    Led to Napoleon, who spread revolutionary ideals across Europe

🇭🇹 Haitian Revolution (1791–1804)

    •    Enslaved people revolted against French rule

    •    Led by Toussaint L’Ouverture

    •    Result: first successful slave revolt, Haiti becomes independent

    •    Scared slave-owning societies worldwide

🌎 Latin American Revolutions (early 1800s)

    •    Led by elites like Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín

    •    Colonies gained independence from Spain/Portugal

    •    Social hierarchies largely stayed the same (creoles replaced Europeans)

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🏳 Nationalism (1800s)

Nationalism = loyalty to a shared culture, language, or history, not just a ruler.

Effects

    •    People wanted self-rule

    •    Empires weakened

    •    New nation-states formed

Important Examples

🇮🇹 Italy & 🇩🇪 Germany

    •    Unified in the mid-1800s

    •    Germany unified under Otto von Bismarck using war and diplomacy

Ottoman & Austro-Hungarian Empires

    •    Nationalist movements caused instability and decline

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Big Themes for AP World

✅ Enlightenment ideas inspired revolution

✅ Revolutions spread globally (Atlantic World)

✅ Slavery challenged but not fully ended everywhere

✅ Nationalism reshaped political boundaries

✅ Equality expanded slowly and unevenly

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