Atlantic Revolutions

"Atlantic Revolutions" is a cover term for a wave of late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century revolutions associated with the Enlightenment.

• American Revolution (1775-1781)
• Revolt of Dutch Patriots (1785)
• French Revolution (1789-1799)
• Haitian Revolution (1791-1802)
• Polish War in the defence of constitution (1792) and Kosciuszko Uprising (1794)
• Batavian Revolution (1795-1801)
• Irish Rebellion of 1798
• Latin American wars of liberation
  • May Revolution
  • Bolívar's War
    • Venezuelan War of Independence
    • Bolívar in Venezuela 1813–14
    • Spanish Invasion of New Granada
    • Bolívar in Venezuela 1815–16
    • Bolívar in New Granada
    • Bolívar in Venezuela 1821
    • Republican Campaign in Ecuador
    • Bolivian Independence War
  • Mexican War of Independence

Various connecting threads among these varied uprisings include a concern for the "Rights of Man" and freedom of the individual; an idea (often predicated on Locke or Rousseau) of popular sovereignty; belief in a social contract, which in turn was often codified in written constitutions; a certain complex of religious convictions often associated with Deism or Voltairean agnosticism, and characterized by veneration of Reason; abhorrence of feudalism and often of monarchy itself. The Atlantic Revolutions also had many shared symbols, including the name "Patriot" used by so many revolutionary groups; the slogan of "Liberty"; the liberty cap; Lady Liberty or Marianne; the tree of liberty, and so on.

Individuals and Movements

• Sons of Liberty (North America)
• Marquis de Lafayette
• Patriots (Netherlands)
• Société des Amis des Noirs (France)
• Richard Price and Joseph Priestley (Great Britain)
• Jacobin Club (France, 1789–1794)
• Society of the United Irishmen (Ireland, 1791-)
• Thomas Paine
• Friends of the People Society (Great Britain, 1792-)
• Society of the United Scotsmen (Scotland)
• Society of the United Englishmen
• London Corresponding Society (London)
• Francisco de Miranda
• Fils de la liberté (Québec)
• Tadeusz Kosciuszko