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In the late-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a wave of political revolutions swept through the Atlantic World. Inspired in part by Enlightenment philosophies about government by consent of the governed, these revolutions shook established monarchies in Europe and broke apart empires in the Americas. Yet these revolutions also had limitations in terms of how much political and social change they really brought about. In this activity, you will analyze an Atlantic Revolution and consider how significantly it changed social and political structures for the people who lived through it.

Question 1. Did the revolution succeed in creating a completely new system of government in the end? Or did they end up keeping a lot of stuff from the old government they overthrew? Or did they end up with a government even more oppressive than the one they overthrew?

Question 2. Who was considered a citizen in the new nation? Who was allowed to vote or hold office? Were some people not considered citizens or not allowed to vote and hold office?

Question 3. Did the revolution bring about big changes in anything other than government? (For example, did the whole structure of society change? Did people who had been on the bottom suddenly gain newfound power or status? Did people who had been rich and powerful end up losing that status?)

Question 4. Were there groups of people that were "left out" of the changes that the revolution brought about? Or groups that ended up worse off than before? Explain.