Intro to Political Revolutions

Intro to political revolutions
Era 7 -- 1775 - 1914
Era 7 was a wild time of change.
Major Inventions changed travel and communication:
• Railway locomotive
• Steamship
• Telegraph
• Telephone

People moved (by choice or force):
• African slaves to the Americas
• European migrants to colonies
• Asian migrants to Southeast Asia and Americas

World population grew more than ever...
• Everyone everywhere experimented with new ways of organizing their lives
• These changes were confusing.
To help make sense, we're looking at:
• Democratic and political revolutions around the Atlantic Ocean
• The Industrial Revolution
• How Europe came to dominate most of the world

Political Revolutions and New Ideas
• American Revolution -- 1776
• French Revolution -- 1789
• Revolution in Haiti -- 1791
• Revolution in Venezuela -- 1811

Important new ideas people started to embrace:
• Popular sovereignty
• Inalienable rights
• Nationalism

Popular sovereignty
• Popular -- of the public or people
• Sovereignty -- supreme power
• Popular + Sovereignty = People have the power

Inalienable Rights
• Inalienable -- NOT alienable
• Alienable -- able to be sold or given away
• Inalienable Rights = Rights that cannot be taken away, rights everyone has

Nationalism
• Devotion to your country
• Before the mid 1700s people were usually devoted to a city or ruler
• Writers, Intellectuals, flags, national currencies, patriotic songs and even characters encouraged people to take pride in their country.

What happens when you combine all of these?
• People who believe they should have a part in the government?
• People who believe they have rights the government can't deny?
• People who are proud of their country, but might not care about the King?
• You get people ready to start a revolution and change the government to match their ideas.

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For those who come across this video, The Haitian Revolution was between the dates of 1791 to 1804... The slaves of Haiti who revolted got their ideas from the French Revolution so it is impossible for it to start before...