Atlantic+Revolutions

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 freedom: having access to basic human rights, being able to pursue whatever one wants as long as it does not hurt oneself or others



equality: to make no distinctions between the political, personal, economic, or social rights of any person based on class, race, orientation, heritage, disability, etc.

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Fever Model of Revolution In a revolution, this stage would involve the political, social, intellectual, or economic causes.In some cases, these causes could fester for many years before showing themselves in the form of actual revolutionary action. || Haitian society was fundamentally unbalanced. Slaves vastly outnumbered their masters, yet they were oppressed physically, emotionally, and economically. Slaves wanted to terminate forced labor and the racial inequality they endured. || In a revolution, this stage would be the first to involve direct action resulting from the social, political, intellectual, or economic causes of the incubation stage.This stage might involve the publication of works calling for a change, street level riots by the common people, or more direct attempts at changing the society. || Struggles between the classes of the white population, and revolts by the gens de couleur led to a wave of increased racial oppression. This political chaos left an opening for the slaves to stage a revolt. || In a revolution, this stage would be the make or break part of the struggle.It may involve conflict where sides for and against the revolution compete.This competition could take the form of debate or full-scale war.Successful revolutions survive this stage. Those that do not are usually considered failed rebellions. || Haiti proclaimed its independence in 1904. The slaves, seeing that the whites wanted to hold on to their white privilege, drove them off the island. The people of mixed race were also driven off or deprived of slaves, yet some did stay around. || In a revolution, this stage would involverecovering from the extreme disruptions of the crisis stage.In general, the political, social,intellectual, or economic causes of the revolution must be addressed in some way, though not necessarily to the satisfaction of all revolutionaries. || Haiti faced new economic problems: one being the embargo on trade placed by European nations and the US that were afraid that the Haitian Revolution would inspire local slave revolts, the other being the end of plantantation agriculture because slaves resented it, understandably. ||
 * Fever Stage || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">How this stage applies to the revolution you chose ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Incubation Stage
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Symptomatic Stage
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Crisis Stage
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Convalescence

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Do you think that this model can be accurately applied to the revolutionary movements occuring today - such as Egypt? - Explain

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Yes, the model can be applied. It is general and insightful, placing importance on the "idea" stage of the revolution, not just the warfare. Often revolutions are brewing for a long time before there are signs on the surface. For example, in Egypt, the visible sign (the protests) were the result of decades worth of grumblings about the heavy-handed president, and they would not have changed the government of the country so drastically had it not been for the ideological stage.


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