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By the middle of the 18th century, the world was still ruled by kings, emperors, and colonial governors. Power flowed from palaces and parliaments, enforced by redcoats, silver coin, and musket barrels. The vast majority of people were farmers, laborers, or servants. Many were enslaved. Most had no say in who ruled them or how they lived. And yet, pressure was building. Across Europe and the Americas, new ideas were spreading-about liberty, equality, rights, and reason. The Enlightenment challenged the old order with a simple but dangerous question: What gives anyone the right to rule over others? For the first time in centuries, people were asking not just how to make power more just, but whether some powers should exist at all. Meanwhile, global empires stretched themselves thin. Colonial economies thrived on forced labor and foreign land. Trade boomed, but so did corruption and inequality. Tax burdens grew heavier. Food shortages stirred unrest. And with each crisis came a crack in the foundations. Between 1750 and 1850, the world didn't change gradually-it was broken open and rebuilt, again and again. Empires collapsed. New nations were born. Cities burned. Armies marched not just for kings, but for ideologies-freedom, revolution, nationalism, equality. Even those who fought to preserve the old ways had to adapt to survive. This book is about that transformation. It's about wars fought not only with bullets and bayonets, but with ideas, with identity, and with belief. It's also about the people who lived through it. The soldiers in the ranks, the civilians caught in the crossfire, the revolutionaries who risked everything, and the generals who tried to hold it all together. From North America to Southern Africa, from the Andes to the Alps, we'll follow the key conflicts that shaped this age of revolt and reinvention.

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