This course examines three of the Atlantic World’s influential revolutions – the American, French, and Haitian Revolution. Students will examine both intellectual traditions and on the ground realities, from the emergence of Lockean liberalism, the rights of man, and republicanism to the violence and the horrors war, slavery, and revolutionary terror. In doing so we will begin to unpack deeply entrenched national myths and develop a deeper understanding of the lasting legacies of the Age of Revolutions in the Atlantic World. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours Prerequisite(s): 3 credit units HIST at the 100 level; or 30 credit units of University level courses.
This course examines three of the Atlantic World’s influential revolutions – the American, French, and Haitian Revolution. Students will examine both intellectual traditions and on the ground realities, from the emergence of Lockean liberalism, the rights of man, and republicanism to the violence and the horrors war, slavery, and revolutionary terror. In doing so we will begin to unpack deeply entrenched national myths and develop a deeper understanding of the lasting legacies of the Age of Revolutions in the Atlantic World. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours Prerequisite(s): 3 credit units HIST at the 100 level; or 30 credit units of University level courses.
