Century of Revolutions

The late 1700s and 1800s were a time of revolutions. Many empires and dynasties collapsed under the people they once controlled rising against them. These revolutions redefined the world. However the revolutions that made the most impact on the world occurred in the Atlantic. They changed the raining countries mainly the reining countries in Europe: Britain France and Spain (Strayer 782). Revolutions challenged old ideals of authority, "liberty, equality, free trade, religious tolerance, republicanism, and human rationality," (Strayer 783). Old ideologies were that kings were by God given their power of authority. Revolutions challenged this. With seemingly weaker people rising up, they challenged kingship by saying there could be a new way to run themselves. They don't have to be from God, rather they could be chosen by the people. The idea of freedom was called into question as well. The countries that Britain France and Spain controlled soon saw that they weren't free at all. They were under another authority. Same goes with the idea of slavery. Those who were in control thought that slaves did not deserve to have liberty or freedom, they were thought as less than. Becdause of this ideology, slavery lasted throughout history. The Atlantic Revolutions mainly strived  for equality by challenging ideals (Strayer 784). The goal of many revolutions whether North American, French, Haitian, Spanish-American, were to be truly free.