World History: Latin American Revolutions

What is the main idea of Toussaint L'Ouverture's argument in this passage?

It would be impossible to re-enslave Haitians since they understand the value of freedom.

Bolívar had hoped for a unified state in Latin America, but

instead Latin America was divided into Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Saint Domigue's economy was dependent on ___________ plantations.

sugar

The term criollos refers to the people of Latin America who were

Spaniards born in Latin America

peninsular

a Spanish-born person living in colonial Latin America

African enslaved persons outnumbered free people 10 to 1 in Saint-Domingue, which led to

a massive and successful uprising.

mestizo

a person mixed of European and American Indian ancestry

In Mexico, the group of people who controlled the government were called the ____________. The ____________had positions of wealth and influence in society. The revolution for independence from Spain was started by a priest named __________________. Agustin de Iturbide declared Mexico independent and established a __________. He was overthrown just a year later.

-peninsulares -criollos -Miguel Hidago -monarchy

General Toussaint L'Ouverture died in a _______ prison in 1804, after leading the revolution in Haiti.

French

Background information: This passage comes from a white coffee planter named P. J. Laborie. He wrote this book to share his expertise with other Britons about the cultivation of coffee in Jamaica. In order to make the best of the powers of the enslaved African, and to keep him helpless, punishment is unfortunately sometimes necessary. Such also is the case with soldiers, with sailors, and with all servile classes of men. Why would a historian find this to be a biased source of information?

The passage includes untrue generalizations about groups of people.

When Napoleon seized the Spanish throne and replaced it with a French king, criollos in Latin America

believed the people should take control.

Brazil's road to independence was different from that of its Latin American neighbors in that

criollos signed a petition and asked the king's son, Don Pedro, to rule.

Who sparked the independence movement in Mexico?

mestizos and American Indians

criollo

person of European descent born in the West Indies or Spanish America

Which best explains why some plantation owners punished enslaved persons?

to keep them as helpless as possible

Coup d'etats are most often

very violent