HIST 2055 : Exam Three Review
Document Summary
Global effects of revolution: french revolution, bloodthirsty, haitian revolution, enslaved people rise up, french are forced out. Second continental congress: response to coercive/intolerable acts, shuts down port in boston, takes away assembly/representation, ultimately makes the decision for each colony to pull resources to wage war against great britain. Revolution unleashed ideas that elites feared because it challenged their status. The revolution talks language that empowers little people, ordinary people. Leaders are using natural rights as propaganda against the british. Does not have power to fix the problems. It takes decades to promote religious freedom, women rights. More states than not continued to have a religion established. Minorities can exist, but they need to keep quiet. Women: women can increasingly become participants in public life, but their voices are ignored. Slavery: constitution reaffirms concept of constitution, 3/5 rule. Global: laizzez-faire, or free trade, is a myth; government has always regulated economy: france and great britain become competitors in economy.
