Context of the Atlantic Revolutions

Question 1

Known as a time of “ “ and “ “

Answer 1

world crisis/converging revolutions

Question 2

Gunpowder empires began to “ “ and other states such as Russia and the Islamic world started experiencing “ “

Answer 2

decline in power/peasant uprisings and revolutions

Question 3

Essentially, the revolutions occurred in the context of expensive “ “, weakening “ “, and destabilization of “ “

Answer 3

wars/states/commercialization

Question 4

The revolutions were inspired by what?

Answer 4

The Enlightenment

Question 5

What was the main idea of the revolutions?

Answer 5

human politics and social arrangements could be improved by engineering and human action; IDEA OF PROGRESS (DESCARTES)

Question 6

What occurred before the revolutions that sparked them?

Answer 6

privilege and authority were attacked; new ideas of liberty, free trade, religious tolerance, popular sovereignty; ALL DERIVED FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT