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Age of Revolutions
The interconnected period of political and ideological transformation spanning roughly 1775 to 1848 is the Age of Revolutions, when the American, French, Haitian, and Latin American revolutions — culminating in the European upheavals of 1848 — restructured the relationship between states, societies, and individuals across the Atlantic world.
Overview
These were not isolated national events but a web of mutual influence, establishing the foundational vocabulary of modern politics — democracy, citizenship, human rights, and nationalism — and moving Enlightenment principles of popular sovereignty from abstract theory into practical constitutions.
Why it matters
The Age of Revolutions fundamentally transformed the political geography of the Atlantic world and produced an enduring legacy of constitutional government, abolition movements, and national self-determination that still shapes modern states.
What it builds on
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