Atlantic Revolutions
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The Atlantic Revolutions were a series of late-18th- and early-19th-century uprisings across the Americas and Europe that challenged monarchical rule and advanced ideas of liberty, equality, and popular sovereignty.
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historical phenomenon
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political movement → revolutionary wave → |
| challenges |
hereditary privilege
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monarchical rule → |
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Age of Atlantic Revolutions
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circa 1830
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| hasApproximateStartDate |
1775
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| hasConsequence |
emergence of nation-states in the Americas
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inspiration for later democratic movements → reconfiguration of imperial systems → |
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Americas
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Atlantic world → Europe → |
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constitutionalism
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equality → human rights → liberty → popular sovereignty → republicanism → |
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English
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anti-colonialism
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citizenship → rights of man → slavery and emancipation debates → |
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early 19th century
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late 18th century → |
| includesEvent |
American Revolution
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Batavian Revolution → French Revolution → Haitian Revolution → Irish Rebellion of 1798 → Latin American wars of independence → Portuguese American (Brazilian) independence movement → Spanish American wars of independence → |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment
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liberalism → social contract theory → |
| relatedTo |
Age of Revolution
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Enlightenment political thought → |
| resultsIn |
codification of rights in written constitutions
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decline of absolute monarchy in the Atlantic world → expansion of political participation for some social groups → independence of many American colonies → spread of republican governments → |
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American Revolution
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| studiedInDiscipline |
history
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political science → |
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Atlantic Revolutions
("Age of Atlantic Revolutions")
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Atlantic world
("Atlantic revolutions")
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American Revolutionary War
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The New World
("The Age of Revolution")
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