Causes
Ideas of Europeans that spoke of the proper role of government.
What are "Enlightenment Ideas"?
He ended the revolution in France, but his actions sparked revolutions all over South America.
Who was Napoleon?
Revolution in Latin America that was largely fought by former enslaved persons.
What was the Haitian Revolution?
Lowest on the Spanish Class system due to what was perceived as them not helping the economy.
Who were native people?
The three regions of Latin America.
What was middle America, South America and the Caribbean?
This individual's hunger for power and land led to revolutions in colonies of Latin America.
Who was Napoleon?
Wanting to end slavery in Mexico, this revolutionary put out the call for people to fight for independence, "el Grito de Dolores".
Who was Father Miguel Hidalgo?
Dom Pedro led this country's revolution after a new king in Portugal tried to restrict the freedoms of the people in this colony.
What was Brazil?
Born in Latin America, this group was angered that their Spanish counterparts in Spain had more power and the ability to hold better jobs in the government and military.
Who were Creoles?
This Revolutionary was distraught at the end of his life because he felt that most of the revolutions did not actually free the people as continued power struggles led to new dictators, not free states.
Who was Bolivar?
An economic system that kept colonies in poverty by allowing a colonial power to extract a colony's resources cheaply and selling its products for a high price.
What is "mercantilism"?
He wanted revolution over concerns that the new Spanish king would grant rights to all people in Mexico.
Like the rest, he was eventually killed.
Who was Iturbide?
Jose Morelos led a revolution Mexico to push for which two reforms?
What was voting for men and the ending of slavery?
Free people of mixed race descent (Native and European).
Who were Mestizos?
Three traditional foods served on Thanksgiving in many homes in America?
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Although this system separated individuals by race, it eventually was a factor that led to revolution as it also resulted in unfair distributions of wealth and power.
What was the Castas system?
or What was the Caste or social class system
Called "The Liberator", he freed Venezuela, Bolivia and Peru.
Who was Simon Bolivar?
Bolivar worked to form this new nation in the northern part of South America that would unite several groups of people. Sadly, it never happened.
What was "Gran Columbia"?
The smallest but most powerful group in the Castas system.
Who were the Peninsulares?
Major effect of Napoleon's invasion of surrounding European nations.
What is that the people of LA countries decided that they no longer wanted any foreign power to rule them?
The unifying force that focused on extreme devotion to one's race, ethnicity or state.
What is Nationalism?
Self-less in his actions, after freeing Argentina, he turned his command over to Bolivar to support freeing all of South America from Spanish rule
Who was Jose de (San Martin)?
These two colonial powers were part of more revolutions in Latin American than any other country.
What was Spain and Portugal?
Foreign born individuals, brought to Latin American countries to serve an "economic purpose".
Who were enslaved people from Africa?
This President declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?