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UNIT 13/14 American, French, and Latin American Revolutions.

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1 UNIT 13/14 American, French, and Latin American Revolutions

2 What happened during the Napoleonic Wars? How did the American and French Revolutions affect South America? Latin America

3 Colonial Rule Left alone Emboldened by Revolutions Educated in Enlightenment New Leaders Simon Bolivar Jose de San Martin Father Miguel Hidalgo European Influences

4 Peninsulares High political office Controlled wealth and power Creoles Educated Army officers Wealthy Limited opportunities Mestizo Mixed blood - Spanish/Indian Working Class Mulatto Mixed blood - Spanish/African Colonial Society The animation automatically begins. Indian Slave labor

5 Haiti French colony of Saint Domingue  Majority of population were slaves  Led into a revolt by Toussaint L’Ouverture that ended slavery in Hispaniola  1 st black colony to free itself from European control Venezuela Simon Bolivar (Libertador)  Creole  led the Venezuelan independence movement  United Ecuador, Venezuela, and Columbia – named himself president of Gran Columbia  Wanted to unite the newly independent South American countries (model after U.S.)

6 Argentina Jose de San Martin Independence threatened by Spanish forces in Chile and Peru Drove out the Spanish, helped by Bernardo O’Higgins (Peru) Needed a bigger army, met up with Bolivar and turned his army over to him  Bolivar’s army defeated the Spanish  Freedom for Latin American

7 Mexico  Revolution started by Padre Miguel Hidalgo  Defeated, BUT rebels regrouped under Padre Jose Morelos  Mexico eventually declared freedom from Spain  Central American countries then declared freedom from Spain AND Mexico

8 Peru French Guiana Bolivia Brazil Venezuela Colombia Suriname Argentina Paraguay Guyana Uruguay Chile Ecuador Falkland Islands Trinidad & Tobago Brazil No violent overthrow The Portuguese royal family escaped a French invasion (Napoleon) and went to Brazil Brazilians no longer wanted to be a colony and asked the Prince to rule


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