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  • Haitian Revolution

    Haitian Revolution
    The Haitian Revolution has been decribed the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere. This took place in the year 1791 and by 1803 they have succeeded ending not just slavery but French control over the colony.This revolution was influenced by the French revolution of 1789.
  • Romanticism

    Romanticism
    Began in 1840s in England. However this movement has been around since the late 18th century, primarily in literature and arts. In France , the movement was led by men like Victor Hugo, who wrote the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Although it knew no national boundaries, Romanticism was especially important in Germany, spearheaded by artists like Geothe and thinkers such as Hegel.
    The main concept in Romanticism is the reason cannot explain everything.
  • Latin American Wars of Independence (North, Simon Bolivar)

    Latin American Wars of Independence (North, Simon Bolivar)
    The Latin America Wars for independence was a turbulent time for these former Spanish colonies. This resulted to a weakning of Spanish power in Latin America and a urgent support for independent republics. Mexico was the first to revolt and to try to gain their independence led by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. However this was unsuccessful and Miguel was soo after executed in 1811.
    The next revolt happened in Buenos Aires and it succeeded. By 1700s the revolutionary fever spread to Latin Americas.
  • Mexican War of Independence

    Mexican War of Independence
    Due to Napoleons occupation in Spain led to the Spanish America to revolt. In 1820, liberals took power in Spain, and the new government promised reforms to appease the Mexican revolutionaries. In action, Mexican conservatives called for independence as a means of maintaining their privileged position in Mexican society.
  • Latin America

    Latin America
    Chile broke the spanish rule to gain independence.
    The declaration led to 10 years of violence and war. The indpendence movement was led by Chile born crioloo who wanted political and economic independence from Spain. They are gaining unanimous support from the people in their country. They ended up becoming divided. It ended at a full Civil War. It was dividing into 3 stages.
  • Latin America Chile

    Latin America Chile
    Most of the southern South American colonies of Spain, including Argentina, Chile, and Peru, perú fought their wars of independence under another influential military leader and, Politician jose José De
  • Italian Unification

    Italian Unification
    This was the movement to unite Italy into one cultural and political entity aka the Risorgimento.
    The Pope started carving out states Roman. Often northern and southern Italy alternated between local rule. Soon after called for Italy to be united. Most wanted more rights and be liberal from their ruler. Giuseppe Mazzini wanted a unified Italy but wanted the new Italian state to be a republic. He thought the only way to resolve this was a revolution. Italy joined the war with Austria.
  • Italian Unification

    Italian Unification
    Soon after being defeated, the Austrian sorted to keep their French neutral. To make sure of this they gave Italy Venice. Rome finally allowing the Italian in and being unified.
  • Greek Revolution

    Greek Revolution
    The rebellion of the Greeks started in Moldavia when the army of 4500 Hellenes led by General Alexander Ypsilantis, a Phanariot, a member of the Philike Hetairia , invades hoping to encourage the local Romanian peasants to throw off the yoke of the Turks. This event when for a long period of time in the year 1821-1832.
  • Greek Revolution

    Greek Revolution
    The Greek Revolution has been a success in the war for their indpendence. Between 1821 and 1832 against the Ottoman Empire. The soon after assisted by the Russian Empire,Great Britian, the Kingdom of France, and several other European powers while the Ottomans were aided by their vassals. This was to gain independence from the Ottoman Empire control.
  • Brazilian Independence

    Brazilian Independence
    Napoleon's army had conqured Portugal, and the Portuguese family then fled to brazil. Dom Redro of Brazil refused to return to Portugal to fight the Revolution. Refusing to leave, he became Emperor of indepedent Brazil. The soon later accepted a constitution. This allowed freedoms of press, religion, and elected legislature. Brazil remained a monarchy until 1889. When social and political turmoil led it to become a republic.
  • German Unification

    German Unification
    Camillo di Carvour directed the Italian unification and a Junker name Otto pushed the German Unification.
    The German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic decided to join the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany.
    War was in favor for Prussia and France. France lost this Franco-Prussian war. Alsace-Lorraine was transferred to Germany in the peace settlement, allowing Prussia to declare the German Empire , or Second Reich.