In this episode, we’ll come to understand that by 1900, the Americas had become almost entirely independent of European rule. The rights of individuals are now protected by states (though not necessarily for women or people of color). Absolute monarchy has largely ended and some rulers have been violently overthrown by their own people, both at home and abroad in their colonies. Slavery has been widely abolished in the Western world, but its after effects remain. Societies are imagining themselves into new communities defined by national identity that would present their own new and unique benefits and challenges.

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