Haitian Revolution
The main product of plantations on Saint Domingue
Sugar
A Catholic priest who started the Mexican revolution
Miguel Hidalgo
Venezuelan Creole who helped multiple South American countries gain their independence
Simon Bolivar
People born in the Americas but have Spanish parents, wealthy landowners
Creoles
One revolution that inspired Latin American revolutions
French, American
Former slave who led the slaves in a revolt against their enslavers despite having no military training
Toussaint Louverture
The man who won Mexico's independence in 1821
Augustine de Iturbide
Brazil won their independence from?
Portugal
Peninsulares
One example of an Enlightenment idea that inspired Latin American revolutions
democracy, liberty, equality, consent of the governed
One reason why the slaves were able to defeat France
Outnumbered them, guerilla warfare, disease
A call to arms for Mexico's lower class to rebel against Spain
Fought against Napoleon in the Peninsular War, and freedom for Argentina, Chile and Peru
Jose de San Martin
Lowest class in social system, no rights or freedom
Africans
Did not like it because they had very little rights and had no power in the government
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Creoles
Which countries did Simon Bolivar fight for independence?
Bolivar continued the fight for independence in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Bolivia
People with mixed European and African descent
Mulattos
Napoleon
The significance of the Haitian Revolution
First black colony to gain their independence from a European country
Two groups that united for independence against Spain
Peninsulares and Creoles
The modern day countries that were part of Gran Colombia
Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Panama
People with mixed European and Native American descent
Mestizos
The reason European countries established colonies in the Western Hemisphere
Mercantilism