WORLD - chapter 24-25
Why is Jose de San Martin important?
He was a military officer, educated in Spain from the age of 6, returned to Latin America as a man in his 30s, fought for 10 years, and liberated parts of Spanish-speaking South America (Argentine, Chile, Peru)
How were the liberation of Mexico and Brazil different?
Mexico's liberation was violent and Brazil's was not.
Who led the independence movement in Mexico?
Miguel Hidalgo
What were the six different groups (classes) in Latin American colonial society?
Peninsulares (born in Spain), Creoles (Spaniards born in Latin America), Mestizos (European/Indian), Mulattos (European/African), Africans, Indians.
What was the first Latin American territory to free itself from European rule?
Saint Domingue which is present-day Haiti
Why did the Creoles spearhead the independence movement in Latin America?
They were the least oppressed, but were also the most educated. Many had traveled to Europe for the education and had been influenced by revolutions in Europe and America.
Creoles definition
in Spanish colonial society, colonists who were born in Latin America to Spanish parents.
Peninsulares definition
in Spanish colonial society, colonists who were born in Spain
Mulattos defintion
persons of mixed European and African ancestry