Pt. 1. Revolutions in sovereignty. Introduction : Revolutions in sovereignty -- The Constitution of International Society -- A brief history of constitutions of international society in the West -- 4. How revolutions in ideas bring revolutions in sovereignty -- pt. 2. The founding of the sovereign states system at Westphalia. Westphalia as origin -- The origin of Westphalia -- The power of protestant propositions -- pt. 3. The revolution of colonial independence : the global expansion of Westphalia. Ideas and the end of empire -- The end of the British Empire : cashing out the promise of self-government -- Revolutionary ideas in the British Colonies -- Britain's burden of empire -- The fall of greater France -- pt. 4. The revolutions considered together. Conclusion : Two revolutions, one movement.