Chapter 16 (Part 1)

There were colonial initiatives which were specifically set for movements for independence. Also known as the Atlantic Revolutions, many ideas from the enlightenment were still in perspective during this time. North America wanted to preserve their traditional freedom of self-governance. Atlantic Revolutions included: North America, France, and Haiti in which these ideas bounced and "echoed." The 3 main ideas were equality, freedom/liberty, and popular sovereignty. Much of this era was very Eurocentric in which their was great assertion that Europe was the center of the world and superior then any other continent.