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REVOLTS IN LATIN AMERICA 1791-1825
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STATE STANDARDS Compare the major ideas of philosophers and their effects on the democratic revolutions in England, the United States, France, and Latin America (e.g., John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Simón Bolívar, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison).
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REVOLTS IN LATIN AMERICA 1791-1825
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1797
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Latin American Peoples Win Independence 1791-1823
Haiti 1790 Small white minority rules over slave population. Brutal conditions Boukman raises call for revolution
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Toussaint L’Overture leads savage rebellion
Captured by French Inspiration to Latin American and African peoples worldwide Terrifies southern U.S.
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Toussaint Loverature
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Latin American Pillars of Power
Military-the Presidio Church- Iglesia Landowners encomienda hacienda
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Social Structure Penisulares Creoles Mestizo Mulatto Zambo Indian
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Mexican Independence What begins as revolt of mestizo and Indian masses ends as creoles take over
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MIGUEL HIDALGO
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1810 Miguel Hidalgo Leads peasant uprising
Grito de Dolores-call for Mexican independence Creoles refuse to support Hidalgo, he is captured/ executed
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Miguel Hidalgo
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1811-1815 Jose Morelos continues rebellion
Mestizo leader Brilliant general Controls southern Mexico Defeated by creole forces Executed 1815
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JOSE DE MORELOS
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1821 fear of liberal government in Spain leads to military takeover by military-General Agustin de Iturbide
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Early liberation leader Dictator four times
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Santa Anna loses Texas war for independence - 1836
1848- Santa Anna loses war to United States
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo- Mexico loses California, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona
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Benito Juarez Abraham Lincoln of Mexico Zapotec Indian
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Wins control of government in 1858
Led La Reforma land redistribution education Wins control of government in 1858
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South America Revolution set up by Napoleon’s conquest of Spain
Creoles, native-born whites, assume control Restoration of Charles III causes attempt to restore Peninsulare control
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Creole revolt in North led by Simon Bolivar
el Liberator philosopher general inspired by French and American examples
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South led by Jose de San Martin
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1822 Bolivar and San Martin combine forces
Drive out Spanish from Peru San Martin leaves his forces to Bolivar Bolivar defeats Spanish at Ayacucho-last major battle of war for independence.
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Bolivar struggle to unite South American states
Fails Dies disillusioned Divided south America in creole control
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Brazil: Non-Violent Change
1807 Napoleon’s conquest of Portugal leads to exile of royal family in colony 1822 creoles demand independence Dom Pedro becomes emperor of Brazil
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Conclusions Latin American nations gain independence , but face many problems Non-democratic legacy of Spanish empire Ethnic/class divisions Geographic divisions
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