El comienzo de un mundo nuevo

In April 1775, the revolt of the thirteen American colonies against the British metropolis was like a shot that, in the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, was heard throughout the world: a war then began that in a few years led to the independence of the United States. Joined; In turn, in 1789, France took the revolutionary baton and soon ended the Old Regime and a thousand-year-old monarchy. The Enlightenment ideals of progress, freedom and equality thus opened unusual perspectives to the human race that were only stopped in 1799 with Napoleon's accession to power. Technical and scientific advances called into question traditions and old superstitions; reason replaced the dogmas of religion; the great travelers brought news of distant scenes and exotic ways of life; Philosophers devised new forms of social contract and musicians like Mozart created immortal works while rebelling against the tutelage of the powerful. But what did people like Marie Antoinette or Robespierre think and feel in this accelerated period? What was bubbling in the minds of authors like Goethe, Schiller or Mary Wollstonecraft? What ideas did President George Washington have about slavery? How did Did the Bounty mutiny occur in the South Pacific and what consequences did it have? This extraordinary work reflects the adventures and adventures of countless characters who starred in this stellar moment of humanity: artists, writers, politicians, thinkers, adventurers, travelers, visionaries and some fakers, all of them contributed to creating the foundations and values of a world that It is also ours.