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Global Empires and Revolutionary Wars: A Historical Overview

Explore the European empires in the Americas and Asia, Atlantic World encounters, cultural exchanges, and revolutionary wars. Learn about key events, such as the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence.

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Global Empires and Revolutionary Wars: A Historical Overview

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  1. I. European Empires in the Americas and Asia • II. Warfare in Europe, North American and Asia • III. The Atlantic World • IV. Encounters Between Europeans and Asians • V. The Crisis of Empire and the Atlantic Revolutions

  2. I. European Empires in the Americas and Asia • Muslim Empires • Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal • First overseas empires • Spanish, Portuguese • A. Britain • Emigrés • Puritans, 1630's • English Catholics • Quakers • George Fox • India • Factories: • Surat, 1612 • Madras, 1640 • Bombay, 1661 • Calcutta, 1690 • Captain James Cook (1728-1779) • 1770, Australia • Botany Bay, 1788

  3. I. European Empires in the Americas and Asia • B. France • French East India Company • Factories at Pondicherry, Chandenagar • Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 • North Africa • Egypt, 1798-1801 • Algeria • C. Dutch Republic • Use of force • 1624, Brazil • Hudson River • New Netherland • New Amsterdam • 1664, to England • > New York • Dutch East India Company • Batavia (Jakarta) • Factories • India, China, Japan • Cape of Good Hope, 1652 • D. Spain • Height, c. 1650 • Hierarchy • Councils • Charles III (1759-1788) • E. Portugal • First to colonize • India • Brazil • West Africa • Marquis of Pombal • Minister, 1755-1777 • F. Russia • Catherine the Great (1762-1796) • Partitions of Poland, 1772-1795 • Crimean, 1783-1792

  4. II. Warfare in Europe, North American and Asia • A. New Motive • Mercantilism • England, Dutch Republic • wars, 1652-1675 • transatlantic trade • English Navigation Acts • England v. Spain, 1655-1657 • Jamaica to England, 1655 • War of Jenkins' Ear, 1739 • Havana for Florida

  5. II. Warfare in Europe, North American and Asia • B. Anglo-French Military Rivalry • War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1713 • (Queen Anne's War) • Dynastic struggle • Treaty of Utrecht, 1713 • Philip V (1700-1746) • War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748 • Maria Theresa (1740-1780) • Frederick II (1740-1786) • takes Silesia • "King George's War" • 1744, France and Spain v. Britain • C. Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 • (French and Indian War, 1754-1763) • Treaty of Paris, 1763 • D. The Revolutionary Wars, 1775-1815 • American War of Independence, 1775-1783 • French Revolution, 1792-1815

  6. II. Warfare in Europe, North American and Asia • C. Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 • (French and Indian War, 1754-1763) • Treaty of Paris, 1763 • D. The Revolutionary Wars, 1775-1815 • American War of Independence, 1775-1783 • French Revolution, 1792-1815

  7. III. The Atlantic World • A. The Atlantic Economy • Tobacco and coffee • B. The Atlantic Slave Trade • Differences • scale • racial • chattel slavery • 1851, end to slave trade • Haiti, end to slavery, 1794 • British Empire, by 1838 • United States, 1863 • Brazil, 1888 • C. Cultural Encounters Brazil • complex social hierarchy • Creoles, mestizos, mulattos • Exchange of ideas

  8. III. The Atlantic World • A. The Atlantic Economy • Tobacco and coffee • B. The Atlantic Slave Trade • Differences • scale • racial • chattel slavery • 1851, end to slave trade • Haiti, end to slavery, 1794 • British Empire, by 1838 • United States, 1863 • Brazil, 1888 • C. Cultural Encounters Brazil • complex social hierarchy • Creoles, mestizos, mulattos • Exchange of ideas

  9. IV. Encounters Between Europeans and Asians • A. Political Control of India • Factories • Developments, 1756-1856 • British • Factory in Calcutta, 1690 • Siraj-ud-Daulah, Nawab of Bengal • attacks Calcutta, Fort William • "Black Hole of Calcutta“ • Robert Clive • 1757, retakes Calcutta • Plassey • Siraj-ud-Daulah defeated, executed • Lord Dalhousie, 1848-1856 • more states annexed

  10. IV. Encounters Between Europeans and Asians • B. The Sepoy Mutiny, 1857 • British East India Company ended • Victoria (1837-1901) • direct rule • C. Changing Attitudes • Height, c. 1750 • study of Asian languages • admiration of Asian culture • Voltaire (1694-1778) • Confucianism • Thomas Raynal (1713-1796) • admires Indian political system • Art, architecture • chinoiserie • Brighton Pavilion • John Nash • Decline, late 18th century • concepts of race

  11. V. The Crisis of Empire and the Atlantic Revolutions • A. The American Revolution, 1775-1783 • Quartering of British troops, 1763 • Stamp Act, 1765 • Boston Tea Party, 1773 • Declaration of Independence, 1776 • Treaty of Paris, 1783 • B. The Haitian Revolution, 1789-1804 • Vincent Ogé • lack of representation • "Free colored" rebellion, 1789 • > slave revolt, 1791 • Toussaint L'Ouverture • Social revolution • V. The Crisis of Empire and the Atlantic Revolutions • D. Spanish America, 1810-1824 • Creoles • 1807, Napoleon defeats Spain • Símon Bolívar (1783-1830) • 1819, defeat of Spanish • Peru, independent 1824 • Bolivia, 1825 • Argentina, 1816 • Chile, 1818 • Columbia, 1819 • Mexico, 1821

  12. V. The Crisis of Empire and the Atlantic Revolutions • C. The Irish Rebellion, 1798-1799 • Plantations • English Protestants, 16th century • Scottish Presbyterians, 17th century • Ulster • Catholic Rebellions • 1641-1649, 1689-1690 • Society of United Irishmen • Wolfe Tone • Protestants and Catholics • Ally with Defenders • Catholic peasants • Revolt, 1798 • 1801, end of Irish Parliament • joined to U.K. • D. Spanish America, 1810-1824 • Creoles • 1807, Napoleon defeats Spain • Símon Bolívar (1783-1830) • 1819, defeat of Spanish • Peru, independent 1824 • Bolivia, 1825 • Argentina, 1816 • Chile, 1818 • Columbia, 1819 • Mexico, 1821

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