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Upset by Napoleon Bonaparte's decision to make his brother,Joseph,the king of Spain,the creoles of Latin America used Locke's ideas of consent of the governed to justify rebellion against Spain.

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Like the Indians, Spaniards were also diverse in nature and background. Some were soldiers or missionaries directly from Spain. Others came as long time residents of New Spain (Mexico). Distinctions were made between criollos, those born in the Americas, and peninsulares, those born in Spain.

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The first uprising against Spanish rule took place in 1809, but only in 1822 did Ecuador fully gain independence and became part of Gran Colombia, from which it withdrew in 1830. "Luz de America" is the nickname given to Ecuador's capital Quito which saw the first revolt against Spanish occupation.

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These revolutions followed the American and French Revolutions, which had profound effects on the Spanish, Portuguese and French colonies in the Americas. Haiti, a French slave colony, was the first to follow the United States to independence, during the Haitian Revolution, which lasted from 1791 to 1804.

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Africans/natives-The Native Americans/Africans were the lowest society group but also the largest.They were not known as citizens but did much labor.

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Mulattoes-European and African mixed ancestry.

Document 3-Social Classes in Spanish Latin American Colonies

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Mestizos-made up of the majority of the society because it was mixed European and Indian.They worked as a servant to the peninsulares and Creoles and a s plantation oversees and farmlands.

Document 3-Social Classes in Spanish Latin American Colonies

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Creoles-Were Spaniards born in the Latin American colonies who were officers in army,but not in government and controlled  much of the land and business in the colonies.But they deeply resented power of the peninsulares.

Document 3-Social Classes in Spanish Latin American Colonies

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Peninsulares-were men born in Spain or Portugal who held highest offices and important military and political positions.

Document 3-Social Classes in Spanish Latin American Colonies

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The 1st and 2nd estate didn't pay taxes because they were Christians.

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The most important causes of the French Revolution were the nation's debt, the refusal of the nobility and the clergy to pay taxes, egalitarian philosophies, and high food costs. These factors destabilized society and increased the political influence of the commoners.

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France under the Ancien Régime (before the French Revolution) divided society into three estates: the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners). The king was considered part of no estate. The First Estate (Fr. premierétat) was the clergy.

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The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799, and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire.

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The Estates general was made up of different groups of people called "Estates".The "Estates" were important social divisions in the culture of ancient France.What estate you belonged to had a major impact on your social status and quality of life.

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An ordinary person,without rank or title.

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The group of people belonging to the noble class in a country,especially those with a hereditary or honorary title.

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The body of all people ordained for religious duties,especially in the Christian Church.

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-England restricted trade
-trade with France was illegal
-People who traded anyways and got caught got in trouble

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The Boston Tea Party was a protest by the American Colonists against the British government.They staged the protest by boarding three trade ships in Boston Harbor and throwing the ships cargo of tea overboard into the ocean.They threw 342 chests of tea into the water.

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British troops not only helped the colonists to fight the war,but were stationed in the colonies for protection after the war.These troops weren't free and Britain needed money to pay for the troops.The British Parliament decided to tax the American colonies to help pay for the troops.

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The Intolerable Acts(also called the Coercive Acts)were harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774.They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests.

Intolerable Acts | Great Britain [1774] | Britannica.com

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They were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass,lead,paints,paper,and tea.

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The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22,1765.The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.

A Summary of the 1765 Stamp Act : The Colonial Williamsburg Official ...