Age of Revolutions
Welcome to the Age of Revolution, a century of upheaval inaugurated by the American Revolution that spread through France, Haiti, Greece, Latin America, India, and beyond. What caused these years of unprecedented radical energy? What were the impacts?
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The Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution defeated the French Empire, abolished slavery, and shook the foundations of the Atlantic slave economy. But the struggle didn’t end there.
Causation – Recipe for a Revolution
A dash of unrest here, a sprinkle of bad harvests there, tossed in with some new ideas… boom, you’ve got yourself a revolution!
The Atlantic Revolutions
An era of political revolutions swept the Atlantic world, each unique but all connected, and some more revolutionary than others.
Colonization and Resistance
In 1680, Pueblos in Nuevo México revolted against their Spanish colonizers. It was the first successful revolt against European colonialism in the United States.
Harriet Forten Purvis (Graphic Biography)
Harriet Forten Purvis was an African-American woman who fought against slavery while pioneering the struggle for women’s suffrage.
Rise of the Proletariat
The Industrial Revolution and capitalism helped to create a whole new class of people. The proletariat were urban workers who had nothing to sell but their own labor.
Manuela Sáenz, Jonotas, and Natan (Graphic Biography)
Manuela Sáenz was a Latin American woman who strove to reconcile feminism with support for revolution. She and her compatriots Jonotas and Natan were spies and revolutionaries.
Revolutionary Women
What makes someone “revolutionary”? Learn more about the women throughout history who have fought for change.
