Day 76 Latin American People Win Independence Standard: 10:2.1 and 10:4.2-4 Homework: Cornell Extra Credit Book Open Veins Of Latin America Course Of Mexican History Movie Sugar Cane Ally Historical Timeline Latin American Independence
Revolution in Haiti American and French Revolution Begin To Spread Haiti was a French Colony Primarily a slave state Toussaint L’Ouverture Leads Rebellion (100,000 slaves) Deal with French not to fight and betrayal Others took up fight and declared Independence of Haiti (mountainous land in Arawak)
Criollos Lead Revolution Napoleons Defeat of Spain starts chain reaction of Latin American Independence
Revolutionaries Simon Bolivar Jose de San Martin- helps free Argentina in Chile in 1817.Crossing the Andes and joining forces w/ Bolivar Bolivar leads rebellion in Venezuela and was calling for a Pan America
Simon Bolivar (Jamaica Letter) “The role of the inhabitants of the American hemisphere has been for centuries been purely passive. Politically they were non existent…We have been harassed by a conduct which not only deprived us of our rights but has kept us in a sort of permanent infancy with regards to public affairs….Americans today, and perhaps to a greater extent than ever before, who live within the Spanish system occupy a position in society no better than serfs destined for labor…Although I seek perfection for the government of my country, I can not persuade myself that the New world can, at the moment, be organized as a great republic.”
Mexico September 16, 1810 – Grito de Dolores (Padre Miguel Hidalgo). Revolt ends in his execution. Jose Maria Morelos (also a priest) Than Leads Army 1822 Agustin de Iturbide a Creole defeats Both and then declares himself Emperor. He is deposed and Mexico becomes a Republic United Province of Central America Declares Independence from Spain and Mexico
Brazil When Napoleon Took Portugal Royal Family Fled and went to Brazil When Napoleon was defeated Creoles Demanded that King John Son (Pedro I) become King With Out War Brazil Became Independent