Chapter 17- Atlantic Revolutions and Their Echoes

It's interesting how so many revolutions were happening in North America, France, Haiti, and Latin America. All in separate with different events, which was clearly influenced with one another. The idea of the Atlantic revolutions obtained from the European Enlightenment which was parted in books, newspaper and etc. Many who's mind set change ways of thinking, weren't agreeing with the control of kings, the church's authority, statuses, and etc- was no longer safe and would be attacked frequently. With this revolution, new ideas were implanted freedom, equality, religion, and the list can go on. "Popular sovereignty" means that the power to govern goes to the people than a clerical or a form of established tradition. Two revolutions that got my attention is the French Revolution (1789-1815) and Spanish American Revolutions (1810-1825).

The French revolution gets my attention every time I re-read the history. The best known events in the French revolution is thousands of French soldiers had provided help to the American colonists and the French government nicely helped out the Americans in an effort to undermine its British enemies, on the edge of bankruptcy that taxes were increased. In early 1793, King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoninette were executed an act of regicide that shocked traditionalists all across Europe and marked a new stage in revolutionary violence.The Spanish American revolution took place in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies of mainland Latin America.Native born elites in the Spanish colonies also known as “Creoles” were offended by the Spanish monarchy’s efforts during the eighteenth century to take over its colonies and charge them high taxes. Important figures are Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin, who both are creole sponsors of independence movements, both regional military leaders. They require the support of the people or at least some of them. if against Spanish forces.