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Haitians Rise Up
During the French Revolution, 100,000 enslaved Africans chose to revolt against their masters. A leader named Toussaint L'Ouverture, who was formerly a slave himself, knew nothing about military and battles took charge of the revolt. By 1801, he took control of the entire island of Hati and freed all of the enslaved Africans. In 1802, french troops went to the island to end Toussaint's power, but it didn't quite work that way. -
Haitians Rise Up Cont..
Toussaint agreed to stop the revolution if the French would end slavery for good and the French agreed to this statement. Evetually, he was accused of causing another riot and they sent him to prison in the French Alps. -
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More Romance!
The Romanticism was a period of time where art and ideas were more about nature, thoughts, and feelings. The key element to this time period was emotions but this wasn't all it was about. The beliefs they shared were inner feelings, emotions and imagination, the mysterious, supernatural, exotic, the beauty of untamed nature, the past, heroes and heroic actions, folk traditions, music and stories, common people and the individual, and radical change and democracy. -
Mexico Takes Their Libertad
The priest, Miguel Hidalgo, took the first step to Mexican freedom in 1810. He did this by ringing the bell of a church, gathering all the peasants together and starting a rebellion. This day was known as Grito de Dolores. After a number of events in Mexico, in Spain a liberal group was put in power. This caused Mexico's creole to unite in support of Mexico's independence. Padre Morales then declared Mexico's independence in 1821. -
"Little Brazil"
Brazil's fight for independence was one of the most unique quests in that time period. Due to the fact, they didn't use any violent upheavals and there was no widespread bloodshed. King John, of the royal family of Portuguese, helped free Brazil from Portugal. In1822, creoles demanded independence from Portugal. On September 7th, 1822, Dom Pedro officially declared Brazil's Independence, without any violence. -
Ελληνική Επανάσταση
The Greeks were the first people to win self-rule during that period of time. Greece's reason for their independence was religion. Many European countries began supporting the side of the greeks and they joined forces to destroy the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Navarino. In1830, a treaty was signed garunteeing the independence of Greece. -
More Romance! Cont...
Poetry, music, and painting were the most important of the Romanticism. This was the time artists focused on freedom, the rights of individuals, and an idealistic view of history -
Risorgimento
The movement to unite Italy as its own was also known as, Risorgimento. -
Bismark & Germany
Otto von Bismarck pushed German unification through "blood and iron" and skillful understanding of realpolitik. Bismarck provoked a conflict with Austria over an unrelated border dispute and in the subsequent Seven Weeks' War, Prussia crushed the collapsing Austrian army. The peace settlement transferred Holstein to Prussia and forced Austria to officially remove itself from all German affairs. France lost this Franco-Prussian War, which was the final stage of the German Unification. -
Bismark and German Cont..
Alsace-Lorraine was transferred to Germany in the peace settlement, allowing Prussia to declare the German Empire, or Second Reich, on January 21, 1871.
