Why the Age of Revolutions (c. 1760-1840) was a historic period and whether it was global?

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Age of Revolutions, American Revolution, Political changes

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The Age of Revolutions was marked by the American Revolution (1775-1783), Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), French Revolution (1789-1799), Spanish and Greek wars. The Age of Revolutions (c. 1760-1840) was a historic period and was global in nature because the effects of economic, social, intellectual, and political changes caused by the Age of Revolutions were historic and global in nature. The study analyzes the following questions; how did economic, social, intellectual, and political changes during the period (c. 1760-1840) make the Age of Revolutions a historic period? How was the Age of Revolutions global in reach and character? Answers to the questions will permit me to make a conclusion on why the Age of Revolutions (c. 1760-1840) was a historic period and whether it was global in nature and character.

Political changes during the Age of Revolutions made the period (c. 1760-1840) historic in nature because the effects of the political changes were historic. The Age of Revolutions was mother to political transformations and bore political ideologies that were used by future political movements globally. The political changes made the Age of Revolutions a global reference point for the political arena (Chickering, Roger, and Stig 132). The concept of the "nation", developed as a result of the French and American Revolutions, became a tool for political development globally. Nations colonized by the Europeans adopted socialism and communalism political ideologies to form political movements and revolutions to fight for their rights (Kallen 331).

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[...] Print. Armitage, David, and Sanjay Subrahmanyam. The Age of Revolutions in a Global Context, C. 1760-1840. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan Print. Eltis, David. Economic Growth and the End of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. New York: Oxford University Press Print. Hoffman, Ronald, and Peter J. Albert. Women during the Age of the American Revolution. Charlottesville: Published for the United States of America Capitol Historical Society by the State University Press of Virginia Print. Kallen, Stuart A. [...]

[...] The effects of the various political changes signify a period in world history when important changes occurred in the political field and, therefore, this made the Age of Revolutions (c. 1760-1840) a significant period in world history. Social changes during the Age of revolutions made the period a historic because the effects of the social changes were historic in nature. Social progress was evident in the Age of Revolutions, even though it was uneven social progress. The affected parties included women, slaves, and the poor. Social changes related to these groups caused historic effects in Europe and the whole world and therefore made the period historic. [...]

[...] Conclusion The effects of the Age of Revolutions made history by changing or modifying other historical facts in the social, economic, intellectual and political realms. The changes in different social, economic, intellectual, and political realms marked great historical events, and this proves why the Age of Revolutions formed a significant historic period. Further, since the effects of the Age of Revolutions either spread globally or caused other occurrences all over the world, the period was global in reach and character. Works Cited "The Age of Revolutions in a Global Context, C. 1760-1840." Journal of Global History (2010): 514-515. [...]

[...] The Age of Revolution. San Diego, Calif: Greenhaven Press Print. Rogger, Hans. Russia in the Age of world Modernization and Revolution, 1881- 1917. London: Longman Print. Klaits, Joseph, and Michael H. Haltzel. The Global Ramifications of the French Revolution. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press Print. Chickering, Roger, and Stig Förster. War in an Age of Revolution, 1775- 1815. Washington, D.C: German Historical Institute Print. Bayly, C A. [...]

[...] Global imbalance that resulted from the Age of Revolutions proved that the period was global in reach because the effects of the imbalance were global in nature. Major changes in energy, manufacturing, transportation, and land use commonly known as the Industrial Revolution led to the global imbalance and finally to the World Wars. Major states in the Age of Revolutions supported minor states globally in fights to enable them conquer their enemies. The use of development ideas borrowed from the major nations in the Age of Revolutions proved that the period was a global in nature (Armitage, David, and Sanjay Subrahmanyam 93). [...]

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