Strayer, Introduction to Part 5 and Chapter 17 pp 491-504

"My dear philosopher doesn't this appear to you to be the century of revolutions?" (page 500) For many centuries there were multiple revolutions that were distributed through out the world. One in particular that has had an effect on the Americans, was the North American Revolution ( 1775-1787). This was trying to help them break away from the british empire to become its own, also known as the United States of America. One thing that was a huge problem was the equality of the people in America. Slavery was subsided in the northern hemisphere but was still a big thing in the south. With that saying, when it came to voting for things such as laws or people to run the country, black slaves and women were not allowed to vote. It really bothers me to know how much Europe had control over so many different colonies, which resulted in many revolutions for people to fight for what they wanted. This relates to the anecdote they had at the beginning of the chapter. Having the Chinese riding empty bicycles to symbolize the death of the Chinese who were fighting for their democracy was a sad thing to picture. It's sad to see a colonial has so much power over people that they take everything they have for granted.