Latin America Flashcards
1712 or 1720 to 1780
Bourbon reforms
Bourbon reforms
- Long term cause
- Specialize crops in certain countries
- Corregidor (creole) replaced with intendant
- Creoles made most money off of the reforms but were lost political rights
Benefits and downfalls of bourbon reforms?
Benefit- economics for Creoles
Downfall- political rights gone
What is a result of the bourbon reforms?
Creoles (Spanish/Indian) begin to think if themselves as Americans
What are two long term causes of independence movements in Latin American countries?
Creole nationalism
Bourbon reforms
Short term cause of Latin independence movements?
Napoleon take over
What was the New Granada independence movements for?
Political rights and constitutional government (like America)
In new Spain what were the main goals of the revolution?
Social change
Hidalgo wanted to give the land back to the slaves
1820
Ferdinand VII forced to accept constitutional monarchy
What did the constitutional monarchy demand?
- Created parliament
- Separation if church and state
- Outlaw classes
- Give all men the right to vote
What does the constitutional monarchy cause in Mexico?
Want to declare independence from Spain to avoid change; Iturbide is hired to destroy Guerro
1816
Ferdinand VII is back
1812-1816
Jose Maria Morelos is in charge
What does Morelos do for Mexico?
Calls congress to write constitution
Trains the army
Taken prisoner at a meeting that was supposed to be for him to take total power
1821
Iturbide and Guerro unite and take over
Iturbide is the leader of Mexico
Guerro is head of army