Latin American Revolution Flashcards
what inspired the latin american revolution
the french revolution
what are the 6 main causes of the latin american revolution
- creoles feel no respect
- no free trade
- other revolutions
- spain weakened
- people identified as americans, not spaniards
- napolean invades spain
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no respect for creoles
creoles felt ignored and irrelivant
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no free trade
merchants only allowed to trade w/ spain
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other revolutions
- american rev was succesful
- haitian was not
- they looked at both sides
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spain weakened
charles iii dies charles iv takes over and he is a weak ruler
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americans, not spaniards
bottom 4 classes did npt consider themsleves spaniards because they hated their government
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Napolean invades spain
Napolean replaces charles iv w/ his brother and people want to rebel
top
social class
peninsulares
born in spain
2nd to top
social class
creoles
europeans born in the colonies
2nd to bottom
social class
- mestizos
- mulattoes
- eurpean and native
- eurpean and african
bottom
social class
africans and native americans
who was he
Father Hidagalo
a mexican preist that spoke to get people to rebel
who was he
Simon Bolivar
venzulan military leader who fought for freedom against spain
who was he
José san Martín
argentinian official of the spanish government who joined patriot forces agaisnt spain
