Revolutionary Leaders
This political leader, known as "El Libertador," played a key role in the independence of several countries in South America, including Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Who is Simón Bolívar?
Who led many of the battles during the Latin American Revolutions?
Who is Simón Bolívar?
Name one other revolution that was influenced by the Enlightenment and shared similar ideals and aspirations with the Latin American revolutionaries.
French Revolution
American Revolution
This labor system was set up by Spanish colonizers to force indigenous people to do unpaid labor
What is the Encomienda system?
This social class remained mostly conservative after the Creole Revolution, replacing the Peninsulares but still remaining on the upper half of the social structure.
What are Creoles?
Born into slavery in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), this influential leader led a successful slave rebellion and later became the leader of the first independent black republic in the Americas.
Who is Toussaint L’Ouverture?
What Revolutions inspired the Latin American Revolution?
What are the American and French Revolutions?
This period during the 18th century was known as an age of ideas, where people throughout Europe were beginning to view their world through a more analytical lens.
What is Mercantilism?
This political system became the dominant one in Latin America following the Revolutions.
What is Democracy?
This Haitian revolutionary leader was a trusted general under Toussaint L'Ouverture and played a pivotal role in the Haitian Revolution. After Haiti declared independence, he became the first ruler of the independent nation.
Who is Jean-Jacques Dessalines?
What was an outcome of the Latin American Revolution?
What are Democracy being dominant, European Colonialism, and Latin Countries' independence?
Name one influence of the Latin American Revolutions.
Success of the American and French Revolution
Inspiration from Enlightenment ideas
Discontent with the Spanish ruling class
What was the group of escaped slaves who formed independent camps and fought against colonial powers called?
What are Maroons?
Possible Answers:
Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay
This poet used her writings to encourage Enlightenment ideas to criticize Spain's rule over Puerto Rico and Cuba.
Who is Lola Rodríguez de Tió?
This book written by Simón Bolívar was made to explain the failures of the current government and to show Bolivar's dedication to obtaining independence for Spain's Latin American colonies.
What is the Jamaica Letter?
This theory, proposed by philosophers such as John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau suggests that all men are born with the right to life, liberty, and property (or pursuit of happiness).
What are Natural Rights?
A military or political leader in Spanish-speaking regions
What is Caudillo?
This is one major challenge faced by women after the Latin American revolution, limiting their benefits from the revolutionary changes.
Possible Answers:
Women could not vote
Their education quality was poor
Women were objectified
(slayy queen)
This writer led a Propaganda movement calling for freedom in the Phillipines, and his imprisonment and subsequent death led to people rising up for independence.
Who is José Rizal?
What is the name of the Revolution that Simón Bolívar led for Peru's independence?
What is The Battle of Ayacucho?
Why was the American Revolution a major influence for so many subsequent revolutions?
It showed that smaller colonies could overthrow and defeat the larger countries controlling them
The bottom two classes in the social pyramid. _____were of European and Native American descent. _____ were of European and African descent.
What are Mestizos and Mullatos?
The newly-formed countries were allowed the right to freely trade with other countries, something restricted during colonial times.