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The Echoes of the Revolution had many great effects. There was the abolition of slavery which took place around (1780-1890) which was also the time of the Enlightenment and ideas like liberty and equality for all were strongly advocated. This widespread of thinking pressured governments to shut down slave trades and then eventually ban slavery. Another thing the echoes were responsible for was the emergence of nationalism. "The belief that humankind was divided into separate nations" gave those a feeling of belonging and patriotism. They each had their own culture and territory and sense of government. Another echo was the birth of feminism. Enlightenment influences motivated women to develop these "feminists consciousness'" which would lead them to oppose social norms, such as gender roles, and later on fight for equal rights. These feminist movements were prioritized around suffrage. The Patriotic Snack gives a visual representation of the meeting of the thr...

The introduction to part 5 talks about how between 1750 and 1914, which is also known as the "long nineteenth century", the "modern" society was developed and rose to power. It also talks about European centrality and eurocentrism. The European force was so dominant and powerful that they were able to put themselves at the center of the world. They actually made it so that they could put Europe at the center of geography and history. This time was also known as "the European moment" Chapter 16 goes into to talk about the Atlantic Revolutions, or the Global Echoes. They were called global echoes because these revolutions were mimicked worldwide. The Haitian Revolution, for example, was inspired by the revolutions of France and North America. The North American Revolution (1775-1787) occurred when the United States wanted to claim independence from Britain. The French Revolution (1789-1815) took place when the Third Estate was finally fed up with being ...