1. What is a revolution? Develop your own definition of a revolution rather than using a dictionary definition. 2. How would you define the causes, course and outcome of the American Revolution? Was i

1. What is a revolution? Develop your own definition of a revolution rather than using a dictionary definition.

2. How would you define the causes, course and outcome of the American Revolution? Was it more about the individual version of the Enlightenment or the collective version?

3. How would you define the causes, course and outcome of the revolutions in Latin America (Mexico and South America)? Were these revolutions similar or different than the American Revolution?

4. How would you define the causes, course and outcome of the Haitian Revolution? How did race make this revolution different from the other revolutions in this era?

5. How would you define the causes, course, and outcome of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era? What made it different from the revolutions in the Americas?

6. How did the ideas of the Enlightenment play a part in all of these revolutions? Can we truly call these revolutions "Enlightened Revolutions"? Why or why not?

7. Historians have debated how revolutionary these revolutions were. Did any revolution truly achieve the enlightened ideal of the equality of all? Why or why not?