The Spanish American revolution was a revolution that came
much after the North America, France, and Haiti revolutions. I found this
revolution interesting because it was similar to the American Revolution but at
the same time completely different. They really did not have a local self-government
and their movement for independence was not done quickly just like American Revolution,
but they did have a strong separation of classes. As a result they took longer because
of the conflict and dividing of classes, race, and religion. Unlike other revolutions
what really drove the Spanish American revolution and the fight for
independence was the peasants’ drive from hunger and high food prices. Another part
of the chapter that I found interesting was about the abolition of slavery. Because of the enlightenment thinkers people
started to see that slavery took away people’s natural rights and equality. What
is shocking but not surprising is that after slavery was abolished people still
participated in the slave trade even though it was illegal. Also even today
there is still slavery even though it is supposed to be illegal. Now a day it
is just called by a different name instead of slavery. Also those who were once
slaves and are now free they were still not completely free because of the restrictions
that was put on them.
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