Colonization in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries with the rise, fall, and consequences

Choose one of these to write about:

Number 1: Assess the nature, impact, and importance of the American (1775-1783), the French (1789-1799), the Mexican (1910-1920), and the Cuban (1956-1959) Revolutions on the modern world. In what specific ways were they similar and in what specific ways were they different? What factors best account for their similarities and differences? How influential were these revolutions? What is your overall view of the importance of each of these revolutions in shaping modern political agendas?

Number 2: Compare the process of colonization in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries with the rise, fall, and consequences of the second wave of European expansion into Africa and Asia that began in the 18th century and ended with decolonization after World War II. Which areas of the world were involved in each process? What factors led to this second wave of European expansion and what factors led to its demise? Are they related? If not, why not, and if so, how are they related? What were the consequences of this second wave of European expansion for the major imperialist powers, the nations they subdued, and for the globe as a whole?

Can only use these SOURCES:

1. Richard W. Bulliet, et al. The Earth and Its Peoples, Part 5 Introduction and Chapters 16 & 17 and one of the following websites:

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) or The Autobiography of Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1h320t.html

2. Richard W. Bulliet, et al. The Earth and Its Peoples, Part 6 Introduction and Chapters 20 & 21 and one of the following websites:

Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) OR Child Child Workers in the 1840s: Sarah Carpenter and William Dodd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar

3. Richard W. Bulliet, et al. The Earth and Its Peoples, Chapters 22 & 23 and one of the following websites:

Hong Xiuquan (ca. 1814-1864) OR Muhammad Ali of Egypt (ca. 1769-1849)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Xiuquan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_of_Egypt

4. Richard W. Bulliet, et al. The Earth and Its Peoples, Part Seven Introduction and Chapters 24 & 25 and one of the following:

Albert R. Parsons (1848-1887), Autobiography OR Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conrad

5. Richard W. Bulliet, et al. The Earth and Its Peoples, Chapters 26 & 27 and either

Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952), The Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman (1926) (Read the "Prefatory Note," "The Aims and Worth of My Life," and "The Years of Political Emigration.")

https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1926/autobiography.htm

OR Testimonies of Hiroshima Survivors Akihiro Takahashi and Kinue Tomoyasu (1986)

https://www.inicom.com/hibakusha/akihiro.html

https://www.inicom.com/hibakusha/kinue.html

6. Richard W. Bulliet, et al. The Earth and Its Peoples, Chapter 28, Introduction to Part Eight, & Chapter 29 and one of the following websites:

Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948), The Mind Of Mahatma Gandhi: My Mission

https://www.mkgandhi.org/momgandhi/chap04.htm

OR

Nelson Mandela (1918-), "I am Prepared to Die", the Rivonia Trial Speech, 1964

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mandela/mandelaspeech.html