Reading Guide –Revolutions
Main Idea 1 – Revolutions in North America, France and Haiti all shared a common idea;
liberty, equality, free trade, and religious tolerance.
1. In what ways did the ideas of the Enlightenment contribute to the Atlantic Revolutions?
2. How do the Atlantic Revolutions differ from each other?
3. What was revolutionary about the American Revolution and what was not, in its break with
Britain?
Revolutionary –
Not Revolutionary –
4. Estates General— Define and explain significance
5. National Assembly— Define and explain significance
6. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen— Define and explain significance
7. Maximilien Robespierre and the Terror of 1793-1794— Define and explain significance
8. Napoleon Bonaparte— Define and explain significance
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9. Describe the three estates of France
1st estate
2nd estate
3rd estate
10. Based on what you read about each revolution, how did the French Revolution differ from the
American Revolution?
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11. How was Napoleon able to make France a dominant force in Europe?
12. Gens de couleur libres— Define and explain significance
13. Toussaint Louverture— Define and explain significance
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14. The Haitian Revolution had been the only successful slave revolt in history. What were the
social, political, and economic outcomes of it?
Socially –
Politically –
Economically –
10. Despite the creole elites’ disenchantment with Spanish rule, what events in Europe instigated
independence movements in Latin America (include the movements of Fathers Hidalgo and
Jose Morelos, and Simon Bolivar and Jose San Martin)? (This should be a pretty long answer)
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Main Idea 2 – There were three distinct movements that occurred after the major revolutions.
These movements would not have been possible without the American, French, Haitian, and
Latin American revolutions the happened before them
10. The Abolitionist Movement reflected both Enlightenment and Christian values of human
equality. How did the end of slavery affect the lives of the former slaves?
11. What is Nationalism and what accounts for the growth of nationalism as a powerful political in
the nineteenth century?
12. What were the achievements and limitations of nineteenth century feminism?
Achievements—
Limitations—
13. Elizabeth Cady Stanton OR Mary Wollstonecraft— Define and explain significance
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