Echoes of Revolution

The Atlantic Revolutions were the spawn to many ideals within Europe after the impact that each of them had. One of the biggest ideals that Europe really took a matter into was the abolition of slavery. For the most part, slavery was considered a "violation of the natural rights of every person", and that it was economically inadequate. The British were the first to really take a stand to this problem, since during that day in age they were the leading military power, the Brits used there naval fleets to patrol and liberated any slaves that were being taken on slave ships in the West African settlements known as Freetown. Take noticed to what the British were doing, countries like Russia, most Latin American countries, and Brazil abolished slavery in the 19th century. By the start of the 20th century the only country that still practiced slavery was our own. The United States was the only place where it took a very devastating civil war to finally liberate slaves. But even after slaves got there freedom, most didn't have a dramatic change to there lives. They were still poor and rarely didn't receive land. Only in places like Haiti and Jamaica were there distribution of land to former slaves. The second ideal that the revolutions produced was the creation of nations around the world. The French Revolution stood for letting the "the people" have the power, and its government would equip them to defend there "French nation" from any enemies that they have. The idea of a nation was to live off older cultural identities, historical experiences, and collective memories of earlier cultures. The French and Americas saw what we call nationalism as stepping stone to a more extensive involvement in politics. This involvement had another purpose known as civic nationalism, this meant that a cluster of different people of various religious, and cultural backgrounds could transform into a dominant nation. The last ideals that spurred from the revolutions was the beginning of feminism. Feminism was never more organized until the aftermath of the Atlantic Revolutions. Women formed groups to battle for social, economical, and political justice. Women wanted to learn and go to school and provide for the families in a manner that only the men at that time could do in most countries. One group of women protesters known as the British Women's Social and Political Union started a campaign of violence where they destroyed railroads, and smashing windows. Eventually, women who were of the upper-middle class would gain the chance to go to universities. In Britain, women had hugely began being attracted to nursing, and in the U.S. social work became the "female-dominated profession".