Latin American Society
Leaders of the colonies in Latin America; born in Spain or Portugal
What are Peninsulares?
Led the revolt of Haiti against the French; Haiti was the first country to gain independence in Latin American.
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture?
This country led the first independence movement for Latin America
What is Haiti?
Two revolutions on either side of the Atlantic that took place prior to the Latin American Revolutions (Including Haiti)
What is the French and American Revolution?
Catholic priest who led the Mexican independence movement in 1810.
Who is Father Miguel Hidalgo?
Descendants of Portuguese or Spanish settlers who were born in Latin America; resented Peninsulares.
What are Creoles?
Led Mestizos and Native Americans to revolt against Spain in Mexico; leader of Mexico's Revolution.
Who is Miguel Hidalgo?
Who controlled Haiti before it gained independence?
What is France?
This group that revolted in South America
What is Creole?
What social class was Toussaint part of?
What is slaves?
People who mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry; held few rights in Latin American; wanted to revolt.
What are Mestizoes?
Led revolts for freedom in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. Nicknamed the "Great Liberator".
Who is Simon Bolivar?
The percentage of the slave population in Saint Domingue at the start of the Haitian Revolution
Approximately 90%
What 4 area makes up Latin America (go in order of what comes first in relation to US)?
What is Mexico, Central America, Caribbeans and South America?
What social class was Simon Bolivar part of?
What is creole?
These group of people were brought to the colonies to work on plantations
What are slaves?
Led revolts for Argentina, Chile, and worked with Bolivar to free Peru from Spanish rule
Who is Jose de San Martin?
These were the crops grown in Haiti that made it so valuable.
What is sugar cane & coffee?
This country is named after independence leader Simon Bolivar.
What is Boliva?
in 1820, this group switched sides and helped Mexico get its independence.
What are the Creoles?
The social hierarchy in Latin America determined the status of a person by:
What is their birth?
These group of people were referred to as officers appointed by the king and sent to the colonies to help manage it
Who are Viceroys?
the use of hit-and-run tactics by small, mobile groups of irregular forces operating in territory controlled by a hostile, regular force.
What is guerrilla warfare?
U.S. opposed further European colonization of and interference with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Simon Bolivar teamed up with _______________ to liberate Peru and other South American countries.
Who is Jose' San de Martin?