Atlantic Revolutions that layed the building blocks of current modern societies

The Atlantic Revolutions were the building blocks of modern society as we know it today. It was in these revolutions where the ideas of liberty, equality of all (with regards to white males) and religious freedoms began to take shape and stick in society. These ideas were far from the aristocracies of the past in where the upper class of citizenry ruled and were the only group allowed in the shaping of society through the political process. During the North American revolution, the 13 colonies fought back against the British rulers in order to break away and created their own government that was created to give power to the local people and take it away from the British Government. The revolution was about maintaining their independence that they were already accustomed to and make it official that they were an independent nation without British Rule. They were assisted in gaining their independence by the French who helped fight together with the colonists to create the nation that has become the United States of America. Some of the current ideas of freedom were written in the declaration of independence and the constitution of the United States of America. The French revolution followed the American Revolution but was of a different flavor due to the nature of how it came about. Where the colonists fought against a distant power that was a sea away, the French revolution was against the current ruling class that was oppressing the lower classes of people. The lower classes of people rose up in a violent fashion and eventually killed off the ruling monarchy and turned into chaos for a while. This was the direct result of the ideas of freedom of individuals from oppression and the freedom of representation within the government. During this revolution, the equality of gender roles were raised as there were some women that were given political authority which did not happen during the previous North American Revolution. This gender equality idea was eventually to be raised by the feminist movement in which women were to be seen as equals to men. The Haitian revolution was significant as being the first revolution where the oppressed people gained total control after the end of the revolution. It was the only revolt in which the Slave fought and gained their independence along with becoming the ruling party of the area.