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Haitian Revolution
This war took place on August 21,1791 in Saint Dominigue. European colonists landed in Haiti after the Spanish were succeeded. The slaves began to run away from the plantations and their masters due to abuse and starvation. Europe had already put a law into action stating that the wealthy colored people would be able to escape this nightmare, Haiti's European population did not follow it so people began riots and rebel.
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Romaniticism
In France, the person who led the movement, was Victor Hugo. He also wrote the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Although it didn't stay within national boundaries, Romanticism was mostly seen in Germany. Some example are Goethe and thinkers like Hegel. It was almost like the Renaissance period.
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Mexican War of Independence
On September 16,1810, the Mexicans and the Creoles wanted their independence from Spain. When Napoleon began to occupy Spain, everyone grew paranoid and wanted to have territories repossed and equality. When liberals took charge, they promised that the reforms in Mexico were to benefits them and their independence. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spain-accepts-mexican-independence -
Latin American Wars of Independence (North, Simon Bolivar)
Simon Bolivar was a Venezuelan Creole who eventually made changes throughout the world. When Napoleon had made his brother king of the Spanish colonies, people did not feel loyal towards him and the economy had gotten weak. After Venezuela declared independence, he took 2,000 men from his army to fight for them in 1811. The war had been won by 1822. http://www3.gettysburg.edu/~tshannon/hist106web/site7/Latin%20American%20Independence.htm -
Latin American Wars of Independence (South, San Martin)
Around the year of 1816, Bolivar was forced to flee Latin America and San Martin had won the first battle of Chile vs. Spanish rulers. Since the economy was getting weak under the control of Napoleon's brother, Martin had also tried to help Peru gain their independence from the Spanish rulers. http://www3.gettysburg.edu/~tshannon/hist106web/site7/Latin%20American%20Independence.htm -
Greek Revolution
In 1821, the Rebellion of the Greeks started when 4,500 Hellenes marched into the Ottoman hoping that the Turks would back off but they ended up making Greeks feel the need to escape the country. In 1827, British, French, and Russian fleets destroyed the Ottoman fleets and the 3 countries signed a treaty stating that the Kingdom of Greece would be independent from the Ottoman Empire.
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Brazilian Independence
King John planned to make Brazil a colony again but a lot of Brazilians did not want this to occur. In 1822, creoles wanted Brazil to be independence from Portugal. Eight thousand Brazilians signed a petition asking Dom Pedro, King John's son, to rule instead. On September 7, 1822, he officially declared Brazil's independence. Brazil had won its independence in a revolution without violence or bloodshed.
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Italian Unification
Piedmont-Sardinia had put a liberal constitution into action in 1848. Camillo di Cavour, prime minister, was planning on taking over Sardinia. When Austria tried to stop him, he hired Napoleon to finish off Austria. In May 1860, a group of Italian nationalists including their leader, Giuseppe Garibaldi, captured the city of Sicily. In the end they restored Italy.
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German Unification
In 1848, Berlin rioter forced a constitutional convection to write a liberal constitution for the kingdom. In 1861, Wilhem I succeeded the throne. Otto von Bismarck was hired as his prime minister. Bismarck was great at "the politics of reality." Bismarck made sure that everyone knew that he would rule without the consent of parliament and without a legal budget. http://study.com/academy/lesson/the-unification-of-germany-summary-timeline-events.html
