AP US History in 1 Minute Daily: International Impact of the American Revolution (Day 57/309)

Welcome to today’s explanation of the International Impact of the American Revolution in my series- APUSH in 1 Minute Daily!

Declaration of Independence, Library of Congress

The ideas of independence demonstrated through the Enlightenment and American Revolution had profound global impacts in areas including France, Haití, and Latin America.

Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, Wikimedia Commons

Conditions in France were challenged through the French Revolution. The National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, similar to the Declaration of Independence, which specified freedoms and widespread inclusion of citizens.

Attack and take of the Crête-à-Pierrot, Wikimedia Commons

In the most successful slave revolt in history, a French colony was overthrown. Inspired by many of the same philosophers of the American revolutionaries, Toussaint Louverture, a free Black, led the rebellion. A newly free Republic of Haití was proclaimed in 1804.

Latin American Independence, Freemanpedia

Between 1810-1826, most of Latin America expelled its Spanish and Portuguese colonial masters. Using the same rhetoric as the American Revolution, Simón Bolívar successfully led movements across the region.

After the War for Independence, the ideals that inspired Americans continued to spread globally. The people of France, Haití, and in Latin America successfully overthrew imperial regimes and instituted more republican forms of government.

Join me tomorrow as I explain the Successes of the Articles of Confederation in our next APUSH in 1 Minute Daily!