1. LATIN AMERICAN PEOPLES WIN INDEPENDENCE

2. Colonial Society
1. Peninsulares – People born in Spain but living in America
2. Creoles – People of Spanish descent born in America
3. Mestizos – People of Spanish & Indian Mix

3. Colonial Society
4. Mulattos – People of Spanish & African Mix
5. Africans – Slaves from Africa
6. Indians – Native Americans

4. Peninsulares
Conquistadors
Governors

5. Creoles
2nd Generation Governors
Military leaders
Simon Bolivar

6. Mestizos
Workers
Majority of modern day Mexicans & Latin Americans

7. Mulatto
Workers

8. African
Slaves

9. Indians
Slaves

10. Whites used brutal methods to terrorize & dehumanize them
Haitian Independence
Why did slaves in the French Colony of Saint-Domingue revolt?
Whites used brutal methods to terrorize & dehumanize them
Slaves outnumbered masters

11. Imprisonment of Toussaint L’Ouverture
Haitian Independence
What events led up to Gen. Dessalines’s declaration of independence for Haiti?
Imprisonment of Toussaint L’Ouverture

13. S. American wars for Independence
How did events in Europe lead to revolution in the Spanish colonies?
Creoles revolted against Spain when Napoleon made his brother King of Spain

14. S. American wars for Independence
What tactics did Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar use to defeat Spanish forces in S. America?
Bolivar used Surprise
San Martin Liberated Chile
Together, they unified the Revolution

15. End of Spanish Rule in Mexico
What is the significance of the grito de Dolores?
“Cry of Dolores”
Peasant Rebellion

16. Miguel Hidalgo
Leader of grito de Dolores

17. End of Spanish Rule in Mexico
What role did Indians, ,Mestizos, & Creoles play in Mexico’s independence from Spain?
Indians & Mestizos begin the revolt
Creoles take positions of leadership within the revolution