Echoes of Revolution

The Atlantic Revolutions echoed in other countries. Countries like "Poland, Latin America, Philippines, China, Ottoman Empire and British-governed India," (Strayer 798) were inspired by the Haitian, French and American revolutions to revolt against their rulers. Beyond the revolutions inspiring other revolutions, other effects of Atlantic revolutions were the abolishing slavery, redefining nationalism, and the feminism movement. With these revolutions there were benefits and also negative consequences. The benefits of these revolutions included changing ideas of "oppression, exploitation, and privilege," (Strayer 810). The successful revolutions were able to reestablish these ideals and are still around to the present day. However to those who weren't successful in these revolutions there were some nasty consequences. Revolutions created tension within the country. Citizens fought against one another creating divisions leaving them vulnerable to outside countries overpowering them again. Wtih each revolution, it lead to a change in not only ideals but also the entire structure of the country. New ideas of what "freedom and independence" took on new meaning. Many of these freed countries from the country ruling them had to define what being truly free is. Like Document 16.2 "Rights and National Indpendence" they had to decide what each man's right is. This led to the question of which "man" gets these rights and what defines someone as eligible for freedom like Document 16.3 "Rights and Slavery." Only certain people were considered worthy to be free while others like slaves were not worthy to have these rights. Atlantic Revolutions changed ideals, society structure, and basic principles of freedom but it certainly did not fix everything in terms of equality, stability, and unity.