The Casta System
This term describes the social hierarchy created by Spanish colonizers in Latin America.
What is the Casta System?
Most Latin American countries gained independence by this decade.
Most Latin American countries gained independence by this decade.
What was the Enlightenment?
What is an intellectual movement in the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason, individualism, and skepticism of authority?
What year did the American Revolution begin?
What is 1775?
What was the main cause of the French Revolution?
What was social inequality and financial crisis in France?
These artworks depicted 16 different racial combinations in colonial Latin America.
What are Casta Paintings?
This leader led independence movements in South America.
Who is Simón Bolívar?
Name one Enlightenment thinker and their contribution.
Who is John Locke; he advocated for natural rights and government by consent?
What document declared the American colonies' independence from Britain?
What is The Declaration of Independence?
What was the Reign of Terror?
What is a period during the French Revolution characterized by mass executions of perceived enemies?
The Casta System had this type of implications, including the use of racial terms in legal matters.
What are legal implications?
This revolutionary attempted an expedition for Latin American independence in 1806.
Who is Francisco de Miranda?
How did the Enlightenment influence the American Revolution?
What is enlightenment ideas about liberty and democracy inspired colonists to seek independence?
Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What was the significance of the Haitian Revolution?
What is it was the first successful slave revolt that led to the establishment of Haiti as an independent nation?
The Casta System reinforced these negative views about certain racial groups.
What are stereotypes?
What year did Mexico gain its independence?
What is 1821?
What was the significance of the Enlightenment in shaping modern political thought?
What is it laid the groundwork for democratic principles and human rights?
What was the outcome of the American Revolution?
What is the establishment of the United States as an independent nation?
Who was the leader of the Haitian Revolution?
Who was Toussaint Louverture?
The Casta System did this to certain races regarding their job opportunities.
What is restricted certain races from specific occupations?
What was the main goal of the Latin American independence movements?
What is to gain independence from European colonial powers?
How did Enlightenment ideas spread to Latin America?
What is through books, pamphlets, and the influence of educated Creoles?
One of the most famous reasons the American colonies sought independence from Britain. (Made a great slogan because it rhymes!)
What is "No taxation without Representation"?
What year did Haiti declare its independence?
What is 1804?