HIST143D CM - Atlantic Revolutions, 1760s-1830s

The purpose of this course is to explore the unprecedented wave of servile insurrections, anti-colonial revolts, political revolutions, and wars for independence that spread across the Atlantic world at the turn of the 19^th century. Questions we will ask include: Why did European states and empires suddenly crack apart one by one? How important was the diffusion of new ideas? Why did some colonies seek and win independence, and why not others? How do slave insurrections and native American wars for independence fit into the history of the revolutionary era? What were the connections, both material and ideological, between the North American, French, Haitian, and Latin American revolutions, and how can we understand their different outcomes?

Offered: Every other year

Credit: 1

Course Number: HIST143D CM