South America Revolutions

Question 1

What were the causes for these revolutions?

Answer 1

Creoles want power + get away from mother country - Tired of being under the rules of the mother country + Penninsulares didn’t do anything that benefits the creoles; Spanish monarchy didn’t include them in the government decisions

Question 2

Who were the main leader that wants to break away from the Spain?

Answer 2

Simon Bolivar

Question 3

What did Simon Bolivar do that was conflicting?

Answer 3

Wanted to create a republic - all of the Spanish colonies to remain together and become a single massive Republic

Question 4

What were the goals of this revolution?

Answer 4

Creoles wanted to replace peninsulares, not equality; Wanted to keep privilege

Question 5

Letter to Jamaica

Answer 5

Expressed idea to have republic throughout America

Question 6

Why were there no social change other than the creoles?

Answer 6

Creoles doesn’t care about equality - only cared for themselves to have power

Question 7

Which Enlightenment thinkers contributed to this revolution?

Answer 7

John Locke; JJR

Question 8

Peninsulares

Answer 8

Colonial officials from Spain / Portugal

Question 9

Creoles

Answer 9

People of European descents born in Americas

Question 10

Gran Columbia

Answer 10

Bolivar’s hope for a federation that unify all Latin American countries