The modern revoltuion between 1750 and 1940 has guided human behavior for centuries and beyond. It has improved notions of progress, constitutional government, political democracy. socialism, nationalism, feminism and opposition of slavery. The modern era was a worldwide thing and affected everyone it in. Another theme in this extended 19th century was the growing ability of these modern societies to exercise enormous power and influence over the rest of human kind. In small regions this affected economic penetration, military intervention, diplomatic pressure and missionary activity.
I also took a look at the chart on pages 496 and 497. I found it very interesting that almost every continent had a revolution between the years 1775-1800. Also between 1800 and 1850 every continent was either getting invaded or having some sort of war. This seemed to be a period of great violence. It seems that once the fighting was over, unification and progress was made in various countries. There was a unification of Italy and Germany, Mexico established a girls school, Cuba and Brazil abolish slavery and the Ottoman constitution was established. What is most interesting to me is the fact that after all this change, war broke back out in the 20th century. WW1 broke out as well as the Spanish-American War, Mexican Revolution, Chinese Revolution, Russo-Japanese War and Boer War in South Africa.
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