Earlier Stuffz
Period c. 1700 in Europe which philosophes thought about the ideal sorts of government, society, etc.
What is the Enlightenment?
Creole priest familiar with Enlightenment ideals who led an independence movement in Mexico in 1810
What is Padre Miguel Hildago?
El Libertador's real name was?
What is Simon Bolivar?
What military leader dominated Mexican politics for a quarter of a century?
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana?
French Emperor 1804-1815
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte? (aka Emperor Napoleon I)
Approx. what percentage of France's foreign trade did Saint-Domingue represent?
What is 33.3%? (will also accept 1/3)
What two peoples did Padre Miguel Hildago lead in the battle to free from Spanish oppression? Indigenous, Mezitos, Mulattos, Slaves, Criolles (Creoles) or Peninsulares?
What is Indigenous and Mezitos?
First Emperor of Brazil
Who Dom Pedro (Pedro I)?
Name of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago?
Who led "La Reforma"?
Who was Benito Juarez?
Which philosophe discussed "natural rights?" What are those?
What is What is John Locke? Life, liberty and pursuit of property (will also take rights we should be born with....)
Sermon in which Padre Miguel Hildago called for Independence from Spanish oppression.
What is the Grito de Dolores?
Name 3 of the modern day countries that once were part of Bolivar's Gran Columbia
What is Panama, Venezuala, Columbia, Equador, (Peru and Bolivia).
The name of the battle where Davy Crockett died (actually, he may have survived the battle only to be executed by the Mexicans under Gen. Santa Ana...)
What is the Battle of the Alamo?
Panama was part of which country until 1903?
What was Columbia?
Those of mixed African and European blood
What are Mulattos?
Creole who declared Mexico independent from Spain in 1821 with himself as Emperor
Who is Agustin de Iturbide?
Main Guy who fought for Chilean Independence
Who is Bernardo O'Higgens?
Name 5 U.S. states that were once part of Mexico
What is CA, NV, AZ, NM, CO, UT, WO, OR ?
Why is Haiti currently the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere?
What is a combination of factors, including reparations to the French, corrupt governments, and how they stopped growing sugar cane after Independence?
individuals have consented, either explicitly or tacitly, to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority of the ruler or magistrate (or to the decision of a majority), in exchange for protection of their remaining rights
What is Popular Sovereignty (will also accept Social Contract theory)?
Man who continued Hildago's revolution for four years until defeated by Iturbide
Who is Padre Jose Maria Morelos?
Why did Brazil not free its slaves until the 1880s?
What is because after declaring independence from Portugal, Brazil kept its social structure and thus needed slaves to cultivate sugar cane?
The Gadsen Purchase included territory from what US States to establish the current boundaries between Mexico and the US?
What is AZ and NM?
Which piece of US foreign policy enabled the United States to buy Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million in 1867?
What is the Monroe Doctrine?