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| author | Holden Rohrer <hr@hrhr.dev> | 2020-01-14 21:25:03 -0500 |
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| committer | Holden Rohrer <hr@hrhr.dev> | 2020-01-14 21:25:03 -0500 |
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diff --git a/wroblewski-world/revolution-notes b/wroblewski-world/revolution-notes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b7b5dc3 --- /dev/null +++ b/wroblewski-world/revolution-notes @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +# Revolutions during 1750-1900 (mostly 1776-1822) + +## Historical Context +- Americas revolution = democratic, enlightened + - Enlightenment ideas + - Fighting against oppression +- Haitian Revolution +- Latin American Independence Movements + +## Atlantic Revolutions +- Shared common ideas +- Atlantic basin = intellectual & cultural exchange +- Printing press +- "Human actions can improve systemic flaws" + +## American Revolution +- Launched Declaration of Independence in 1776 +- Made constitution in 1787 +- Hope to increase liberties + - Britain unfairly taxes colonies +- French government assists colonies + - Probable reason for winning +- Brits tried to replace self-government +- Salutary Neglect + +## French Revolution +- 1789-1815 +- Soldiers inspired +- King Louis XIV + - Absolute Monarch + - Creates Estates System + - 3 Estates: Clergy, nobility, and commoners (97-98%) + - Commoners taxed more than other estates combined +- National assembly of foreigners forms, claiming sole right to lawmaking + - Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen + - 1st, 2nd estate exclude 3rd. + - 3rd estate bands together in "Tennis Coourt Oath" + - Civil conflict much more radical than American (because led by commoners/middle class) + - Censored + - Storm Bastille to take weapons +- Reign of Terror + - Robespierre leads arrests and execution of nobility + - He too is guillotined. +- Napoleon Bonaparte + - Tames the revolution + - Founds army from commoners' nationalism + +## Haitian Revolution +- Saint Domingue + - Rich French Colony + - Mostly Slaves +- Toussaint Loverture, a former slave, runs the revolution + +## Latin American Independence Movements +- Decentralized, Plural +- Overthrowing racial hierarchy +- Against Spain, led by elite + - Bolivar's letter from Jamaica to Britain requests aid against France +- Class Division + - Oppressive Taxes +- Mexican Revolution by Hidalgo and Morelos (Priests) + - Have to unite social classes against elite despite many-tiered hierarchical divisions |