Leaders
Known as "El Librator"
Who is Simon Bolivar?
Wealthy, Highest political positions, Smallest percentage of population
Who are the Peninsulares?
A colonial leader from Spain sent to govern a Spanish Colony
What is a Viceroy?
French and American revolution
What is inspired the Latin American Revolutions?
Haiti Gained its independence from France
When is 1804?
Ex-slave who learned to read and write and led the Haitian revolution
Who is Toussaint-L'Ouverture?
“People of mixed Spanish and Indian heritage who made up about 7% of the total population."
Who are Mestizos?
Outpost
What is a military camp in another country?
Ideas of Natural rights
What is the Enlightenment?
Eventually gain its Independence from Spain in 1821
What is Mexico?
Independence movements in Chili were led by
Who is Jose de San Martin?
People of pure Spanish blood who were born in America. They made up about 23% of the population, and owned the largest and richest mines and haciendas.
Who are the Creoles?
Cowboys in Venezuela
What are Llaneros?
Feeling for self-rule in Latin American countries
What is Nationalism?
1811 El Liberator liberated this Latin American Country
What is Venezuela?
The Catholic priest preaching to start a revolt in Mexico
Who is Father Miguel Hidalgo ?
Africans bought by the Spanish since the 1500s and Native Indians were part of which social class
What are Slaves?
A system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.
What is a patriarchy?
France was tied up the French Revolution
What is the reason to revolt in Haiti?
December 9, 1824. In this last major battle of the war for independence, the Spanish colonies in Latin America won their freedom. The future countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador were united into this country
What is the Gran Colombia?
Spanish officer that turned rebel and was made Emperor of Mexico when they won Independence
Who is Augustin de Iturbide?
A mixed ethnicity between European and African blood
Who are Mulattoes?
Catholic priest in Latin America
What is Padre?
American Revolution, Enlightenment ideas and French Revolution
What inspired the Latin American colonies independence movements?
Written by James Monroe in 1823 it stopped European Imperialism in Latin America
What is the Monroe Doctrine?