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Contemporary World
Evidence 1
Sebastián Ruiz Chong
31/08/2022
EVIDENCE 1 Detailed description of the 
movement (Definition and 
dates)
Causes Consequences Prominent 
characters
Historic sites Legacy (scientific, socio-
cultural, economic and/or 
political aspects)
Enlightenment A philosophical movement in
the 18th century that placed a
strong focus on rationality and
rejected conventional social,
religious, and political beliefs.
The Thirty Years'
War, decades of
abuse at the hands
of kings and the
church, increased
global exploration,
and the interest in
the world among
European thinkers.
Helped put an end to
the excesses of the
church, make
science a legitimate
source of
information, and
protect human rights
from oppression.
Locke,
Rousseau,
Voltaire and
Montesquieu.
A vast intellectual,
philosophical,
cultural, and social
movement known as
the Enlightenment
swept across
England, France,
Germany, and other
nations in Europe.
Every person has the right to
personal independence,
emancipation, property, and
the pursuit of happiness
thanks to enlightenment.
French 
Revolution
Was a pivotal period in world
history that lasted from 1789
to Napoleon Bonaparte's rise
to power in the late 1790s.
The Estate
System,
Absolutism,
Enlightenment-era
views, food
shortages, and the
American
Revolution are the
five key causes.
It established
democracy in France
and put an end to
the monarchy.
Additionally, it
prompted other
nations to declare
war on France.
Maximilien
Robespierre,
Danton, Louis
XVl and Jacques
Pierre.
Fort Saint Nicholas,
Place de la
Concorde, La
Concergerie.
The main legacies of the
French Revolution were the
concepts of liberty and
democratic rights. From
France, these spread to the
rest of Europe.
US Independence 13 of Great Britain's North
American colonies rebelled
against British control between
1775 and 1783, resulting in the
establishment of the
independent United States of
America.
Colonial resistance
to British attempts to
establish more
control over the
colonies and force
them to pay the
crown back for
defending them
during the French
and Indian War was
a major factor in the
American
Revolution.
New marketplaces
and trade connections
were made possible
by the Revolution. The
American triumph also
allowed for invasion
and settlement of the
western regions,
opening up new home
markets.
Benjamin
Franklin, Thomas
Jefferson, John
Adams.
Independence Hall
Museum of the
American
Revolution National
Constitution
Center.
Formerly dependent British
colonies became independent
governments that were free to
wage war, form alliances with
other countries, and conduct
unrestricted trade.
Latin American 
Revolution 1
The Mexican Revolution, which
lasted roughly from 1910 to
1920, was a true national
uprising that involved a number
of significant armed conflicts.
The more than 30
years of Porfirio
Daz's tyranny, as
well as worker
abuse and
exploitation.
Church and state were
divided by the
Constitution of 1917,
which put an end to
the Porfiriato.
Porfirio Diaz,
Francisco I.
Madero, Emiliano
Zapata,
Victoriano
Huerta.
National Palace
Mexican Library
Bellas Artes palace
Regional Museum
of Mexican
Revolution.
The foundation of a
constitutional republic and the
end of Mexico's 30-year
dictatorship.
Latin American 
Revolution 2
The revolutionary movement
that sparked the overthrow of
the Fulgencio Batista
administration and the
appearance of the guerrillero
army is primarily responsible
for the Cuban Revolution.
The soviet union, the
poverty, social
exclusions and bad
life conditions and
the authoritarianism.
Fidel Castro leads the
revolutionary
government that the
rebels erect. Cuba
made strides in
agrarian reform.
Raúl Castro
Frank Pais Che
Guevara Juan
Almeida
The Che museum
The revolution
plaza Monument to
Fidel Castro in
Santiago Cuba.
Cuba becomes a socialist
country, has greater
opportunities, and produces a
Caribbean anticommunist
legion.
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