1. AIM: How did the Enlightenment influence revolutions in Latin America?
DO-NOW: How did the American and French Revolutions inspire the movement for freedom in Latin America?

2. Vocabulary:
Encomienda System (en-koh-mee-en-duh) - social class system in the Spanish colonies.
Nationalism (nash-uh-nl-iz-uh m) – a feeling of pride and loyalty to one’s country
Reform (ri-fawrm)– a change, to fix what is wrong
Plantations (plan-tey-shuh n) – a large farm in which cotton, tobacco, coffee or sugar cane is grown
Mulattoes (muh-lat-oh) – a person of mixed ancestry, the offspring of one white parent and one black parent
Guerrilla war [guh-ril-uh] – type of warfare where the soldiers use surprise attacks against their enemies instead of normal fighting techniques
Republic [ri-puhb-lik] – a system of government in which officials are chosen by the people to serve as representatives
Resistance [ri-zis-tuh ns] – to oppose or to go against something

3. Activity #1 Read Revolutions in Latin America
Read the first section, “Latin America Sweeps to Freedom”
Underline or highlight any important information
Complete the Social Class Triangle on your worksheet

4. Activity #2 Read the handout Revolutions in Latin America
Underline or highlight any important information
Use the underlined information to complete the chart
Toussaint L’Ouverture
Simón Bolívar
José de San Martín
Where?
When?
Results?

5. Toussaint L’Ouverture
Where?
When?
Results?

6. Simón Bolívar –
Where?
When?
Results?

7. José de San Martín
Where?
When?
Results?

8. Summary – in your notebooks
Choose 1 Latin American Revolutionary Leader & create a tombstone for them.
Explain who they were, where they were from & what they did
R.I.P.
Here lies
_______________
Led a revolution in ________ which helped gain their independence from ________