How did participants in the Atlantic revolutions justify their challenge of colonial rule?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. American revolutionaries drew from Western, and especially English, historical precedents and political traditions to justify their overthrow of British rule.
b. These included the Glorious Revolution, English common law, Greco-Roman republican traditions, and the belief in human rights.
c. Haitian revolutionaries invoked the ideals of freedom and equality to overthrow a colonial regime that continued to uphold slavery and denied freed blacks, most of whom were mulattos, political representation.
d. Irish rebels drew from a tradition of Presbyterian republican radicalism to justify their challenge of British rule that denied them a political voice.
e. In Spanish America, the demand for political independence inspired a number of revolutions.
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What will be an ideal response?
How much did the United States increase its land size by during President James K. Polk's administration?
A) ??10 percent B) ??20 percent C) ??30 percent D) ??40 percent E) ??50 percent
The Black Death resulted in a decline of the European population by
A) 10 percent. B) between 15 and 25 percent. C) between 25 and 50 percent. D) between 50 and 75 percent. E) 80 percent.
What advice did George Washington share in his Farewell Address?
A) honor the country’s alliances B) establish a two-party system C) never use military force against civilians D) avoid foreign entanglements