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The key of the movement was the wild emotion but romanticism went beyond feelings and its expressed as a wide range of ideas and attitudes in which romantic artists shared their beliefs. Some example of Thinkers or writer would be Byron and Romanticism was expressed in Literature, music or even art
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Romanticism
At the end of the 18th century, the Enlightment idea of reason had inspired another major movement in which involved art and ideas called Romanticism. This type of movement reflected upon the deep interest both in nature or in thoughts and feeling of the individuals. At the time, romantic thinker and writers had reacted against the ideal of Enlightment by turning from reason to emotion, from society to nature. The whole idea of Romanticism was to have a key element which was Emotion
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Haitian Revolution
In the late 1700s, A French colony called "Saint Domingue" or known as Haiti was the First Latin American territory to free itself from European Rule. At the time, Haiti occupied the western third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, and there were nearly 500,000 enslaved Africans who worked on The French Plantations. The enslaved Africans outnumbered their masters drastically and the Masters would use brutal method in order to terrorize and keep them powerless. (Textbook) -
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On August 1791,100,000 enslaved Africans rose to revolt.Soon,a leader had emerged, Toussant L'Ouverture, whom in 1801, Toussaint had taken control of the entire island and freed enslaved Africans.In January 1802, French troops landed in the colony to remove his power.The troops seized him and prisoned him which he later on died.Toussaint's Lieutenant took over ,Jean-Jacques Dessalines, fought for freedom.On January 1, 1804, Haiti was declared an independent country by the General Jean.(Textbook) -
Latin American Wars of Independence (North, Simon Bolivar) (Textbook)
A wealthy Venezuelan creole,Simón Bolivar had declared independence from Spain in 1811 but there was a struggle.Bolivars had a volunteer army in whom they suffered numerous defeats and Bolivar had to go twice for exile.But soon after, In August 1819, Bolivar led over 2,000 soldiers through a march through Andres which is known as Colombia today.After this march,Bolivar led the army in Bogotá where they took Spanish by surprise and won a victory.By 1821 Bolivar won Venezuela's independence. -
Mexican War of Independence
A priest in a small village of Dolores, "Miguel Hidalgo", had made a first step toward independence. On September 16,1810, he rung the bells of the village church to gather peasants and as they gathered in within the church, the priest made a call for rebellion against Spanish. A march later on occurred which were people from lower classes and the even alarmed the Spanish Army and creoles. The Army had defeated Hidalgo in 1811 but soon another strong leader rallied up for the fight. (textbook) -
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Another Strong leader had rallied up,José Maria Morelos,whom led the revolution for another 4 years.But in 1815, a creole officer, Augustine de Iturbide, had defeated him but in 1820, the revolution in Spain put a liberal group power which made Mexico's creoles fear loss of privileges in the Spanish controlled colony.Mexico's Creoles had then united in support of Mexico's Independence and ironically Augustine de Iturbide whom defeated priest Morelos had proclaimed independence in 1821.(Textbook) -
Brazilian Independence
In 1807, Napoleon had an army in which had invaded both Spain and Portugal and his aim was to close ports of the countries to British shipping. French Troops had approached Lisbon, the Portugal capital, Prince John, along with the royal family had boarded ships to escape capture. The French troops along with the royal family took their court and royal treasury to Portugal Largest Colony known as Brazil. At the time,Rio de Janiero became the capital of the Portuguese Empire.
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Napoleon had been defeated in 1815 but afterwards, King John and the Portuguese government had returned to Portugal six years later. King John had planned n making Brazil a Colony again but many Brazilians couldn't accept to return to a colonial status. In 1822, Creoles demanded on Brazil's Independence from Portugal so 8,000 Brazilians had signed a petition which asked for the ruling of Dom Pedro. After all, He agree and on September 7,1822 He had declared Brazil's Independence (Textbook) -
Latin American Wars of Independence (South, San Martin) (Textbook)
San Martin had helped lead Argentina to its independence in 1816 but Spanish Forces were located nearby Chile and Peru and posed a threat. In 1817,San Martin had led an army whom marched across the Andes to Chile where he was joined by forces of Bernardo O'Higgins. Bernardo O'Higgins was a son of former viceroy of Peru and with his help, San Martin had freed Chile. In 1821, San Martin had a plan on driving the remaining Spanish forces out of Lima, Peru in which later on, he met with Bolivar. -
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San Martin had discussed with Bolivar on the problem when they met in Ecuador in 1822 and they reached an agreement.There has been a unified revolutionary forces later on,Bolivar's army had went on to defeat the Spanish at a battle in which took place in Peru.The battle was known as the "Battle Of Ayacucho"which took place on December 9,1824,In other words,the victory in the Major battle had caused Spanish colonies in Latin America win their freedom. (Textbook) -
Greek Revolution
Greeks had been considered the most powerful European government whom is opposed of the revolution and people such as Russians had felt a connection to Greek Orthodox and Cristians who were ruled by the Muslim Ottomans. Greece had been part of the Ottoman Empire and Ottomans controlled most of the Balkans. Later on, Greece had spurred on by nationalist spirit in which they demanded independence and they had rebelled against the Ottoman Turks in 1821.But later on, a battle takes place. (Textbook) -
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In 1827, A combination of British, French and Russian Fleet had destroyed the Ottoman Fleet in the Battle of Navarino. By 1830, British, France, and Russia had signed a treaty in which guaranteed on an independent kingdom of Greece. (Textbook) -
Italian Unification
At the time,Italian nationalists had looked for leadership from the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia which was the largest and most powerful of the Italian Stated. In1 848,The kingdom had adopted a liberal constitution and while it happened, having a unification under Piedmont-Sardinia made it seem a good idea..At the time,Sardinia's King,Victor Emmanuel II,named his prime minister count Camillo di Cavour in 1852.Cavour was a statesman who had worked on to expand Piedmont-Sardinia's Power.(Textbook) -
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Cavour had realized a roadblock for Northern Italy which was Austria and later on Napoleon III had agreed to help drive Austria out of the northern Italian Provinces. By May 1860, a small army of Italian nationalist along with soldier,Giuseppe Garibaldi, whom word a bright red shit in a battle. Later on he agreed to unite the Southern areas, in which Italian Forces took over the last part of a territory known as the Papal States. (Textbook) -
German Unification
In 1815,Thirty-nine German states had formed a loose grouping called German Confederation and The Austrian Empire had dominated the Confederation while Prussia was ready to unify all the German States.Prussia had enjoyed taking several advantages which would forge a strong German state,and Prussia had mainly German population. Prussia has been unified Nationalism and Prussia's army was by far the most powerful in central Europe. In 1848, Berlin Rioters paved a way to unification. (Textbook) -
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In 1848, Berlin rioters forced a constitutional convention to write up a liberal constitution for the kingdom in which paved for the way of Unification.(Textbook)
