Chapter 17 Parts 1,2,&3 (499-524)

This chapter revolves around revolutions. The North American, Hatian, and French. The North American revolution in (1775-1787), aided by the French, eventually influenced the French enough that they start their own revolution (1789-1815), which I find very interesting. It is awesome to see a country work together as a whole to strive for a better life. In this case the French took over their land by dethroning the King and Queen when their government was going through bankruptcy. France broke up into many territorial departments that joined together to build one massive army. The army of 800,000 men was the biggest in the history of the world at that time. Napoleon took control through conquest, taking away liberty but giving the people social equality. Even though this lead to chaos and murder it was an eventful step for the French that would not have been possible without our inspiration. In fact, many americans believed they were creating a new world order. This by a powerful rule on the declaration of independence we created, "the right to revolt." 
Meanwhile was the Hatian revolution (1791-1804). This was a revolt driven by the slave population that made up over 90% of the entire population. This was unique because the power did shift to the slaves. Making this the only successful slave revolution in history. It was a very violent revolt. Way worse then the political revolution in NA and still worse then the French revolution. This revolution inspired hope to many slaves else where leading to more slave rebellions. But in the views of the whites in the country of Hatia, this revolution scared them so much that they all became conservatives. 
The Spanish American Revoltion (1810-1825) was easily motivated by the previous revolutions and their success. Yet they were not as organized as the others had been at first. This was because the government was more strict and there were little to no small organizations in towns that had a say in what their people wanted. Although they were able to gain independence it was impossible to unite the states like North America. Mostly because the distance was so greater between territories which lead to bigger differences in culture and experience. 
I enjoyed this section because I believe in human rights and hate to see people being exploited. It is crazy to think at one point humans thought murdering people by the hundreds in towns was okay to get a point across. Now a days that would never be allowed! How is it that our mindsets have changed so much? What was it that made our human race change their opinions of this act? or could it possibly happen again?....