Atlantic Revolutions
"Atlantic Revolutions" is a cover term for a wave of late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century revolutions associated with the Enlightenment.
- American Revolution (1775-1781)
- Revolt of Dutch Patriots (1785)
- French Revolution (1789-1799)
- Haitian Revolution (1791-1802)
- Polish War in the defence of constitution (1792) and Kosciuszko Uprising (1794)
- Batavian Revolution (1795-1801)
- Irish Rebellion of 1798
- Latin American wars of liberation
- May Revolution
- Bolívar's War
- Venezuelan War of Independence
- Bolívar in Venezuela 1813-14
- Spanish Invasion of New Granada
- Bolívar in Venezuela 1815-16
- Bolívar in New Granada
- Bolívar in Venezuela 1821
- Republican Campaign in Ecuador
- Bolivian Independence War
- Mexican War of Independence
Various connecting threads among these varied uprisings include a concern for the "Rights of Man" and freedom of the individual; an idea (often predicated on Locke or Rousseau) of popular sovereignty; belief in a social contract, which in turn was often codified in written constitutions; a certain complex of religious convictions often associated with Deism or Voltairean agnosticism, and characterized by veneration of Reason; abhorrence of feudalism and often of monarchy itself. The Atlantic Revolutions also had many shared symbols, including the name "Patriot" used by so many revolutionary groups; the slogan of "Liberty"; the liberty cap; Lady Liberty or Marianne; the tree of liberty, and so on.
Individuals and Movements
- Sons of Liberty (North America)
- Marquis de Lafayette
- Patriots (Netherlands)
- Société des Amis des Noirs (France)
- Richard Price and Joseph Priestley (Great Britain)
- Jacobin Club (France, 1789-1794)
- Society of the United Irishmen (Ireland, 1791-)
- Thomas Paine
- Friends of the People Society (Great Britain, 1792-)
- Society of the United Scotsmen (Scotland)
- Society of the United Englishmen
- London Corresponding Society (London)
- Francisco de Miranda
- Fils de la liberté (Québec)
- Tadeusz Kosciuszko