The Revolutionary War Wim Klooster s Book Revolutions

Wim Klooster’s book Revolutions in the Atlantic World expresses the deep roots of the revolutionary war period throughout various locations and circumstances. He strives to express the causes, effects, and the political civil war which caused the great uproar in the once colonial lands. This shift in history is noted in Klooster’s book and expanded upon in his chapter entitled â€Å"The Revolution’s Compared.† He notes the various commonalities between the American, French, Haitian, and Spanish American revolutions. Klooster’s organization, sources, and thorough articulation of the revolutionary time period sheds a new light on the causes and effects of revolution on countries, between 1775 and the mid 1800s. Further, Klooster argues that the Revolutions in the Atlantic World were greatly influential on the Atlantic World within their own rights. Klooster aims to center his book around the comparison of the four most important revolutionary wars: â€Å"British North America, France, Saint Domingue, Spanish America.† Further, Klooster argues that these revolutions changed the Atlantic â€Å"beyond recognition† and that the revolutions are best examined through four specific aspects in relation to their personal experiences in politics, their somewhat spontaneous eruption, overtones of civil wars, and their democratic â€Å"bi-products.† The comparative history in Revolution in the Atlantic World is Klooster’s reason for writing the book. He supports this history with the use of