Latin American4 Flashcards
What major event occurred during “Feburary Days” in France in 1848?
Louis Phillippe abdicated
In 1815, why did the congress of Vienna unite the Austrian Netherlands and the kingdom of Holland?
The congress wanted to create a stronger barrier to French expansion
During the “June Days” in France, why did the peasants attack protesting socialists workers?
They feared the socialists would take their land
Toussaint L’ Ouverture led a revolt that eventually resulted in independence for?
Haiti
Father Miguel Hidalgo’s el Gritto de Dolores was a?
Call to fight for Mexican independence
What event spurred Simon Bolivar and his followers to begin the struggle for independence?
Napoleon’s occupation of Spain
What event in Europe in 1808 encouraged widespread rebellion in Latin America?
Napoleon ousted the Spanish King
What was the result of the revolutionary uprising in Belgium in the 1830’s?
Belgium became an independent state with a liberal constitution
Conservatives of the early 1800’s believed in?
The restoration of the monarchies
Liberals strongly supported Laissez-faire economics as the best way to?
Help businesses succeed