Atlantic Revolution Research Paper

Atlantic Revolutions were the wave of revolutions that happened between 1750 and 1914. “the states and empires of Europe were wrack by uprisings, revolutions, and wars”, at that period of time, the empires of Europe were filled with atmosphere of revolutions. For example, the North American Revolution (1775-1787), the French Revolution (1789-1815), the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) and the Spanish American Revolutions (1810-1825). What were the reasons for this wave of revolutions occurred in the empires of Europe? What was the effect of these revolutions brought to the countries? In this paper, further elaboration and discussion would be made to answer these questions.
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One of the causes of these revolutions was because the people were under oppression and they faced many injustice situations. The problem of slavery in america was severe. The government could even pass the laws to abet the use of slavery in the country. In 1662, the government passed a law in Virginia, that stipulated
Haitians were influenced by the French Revolution occurred before. It was the first revolution ruled by slaves, and it was a anti-slavery revolution. Haitian Revolution took place in San Domingo, where was a colonial city ruled by the French government. The revolution happened between 1790 and 1804. At that time, there were around 500,000 people were slaves and worked for the plantation owners. Influenced by the idea of ‘everyone should be equal and free’ from the French Revolution, Haitian Revolution started in 1790 to strike for the country independence and human rights. The revolution was leaded by Toussaint Louverture, who was a domestic slave. In 1804, the Haitians won, that brought to the end of the revolution. At January 1804, Haitians published ‘Déclaration d'indépendance d’Haïti’ and announced the separation from the French Empire, then the Empire of Haiti was