https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad Information on the Latin American Revolutions en-us 2018-10-16 17:37:46 UTC 2024-10-25 18:24:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293524995 1. Peninsulares - wealthy European-born citizens
2. Creoles - Europeans born in Latin America who could not hold political office but could be army officers
3. Mestizos - European and and Indian ancestry
4. Mulattos - a mixture of European and African ancestry
5. Slave Class ]]> 2018-10-16 18:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293524995 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293526328 Like the French Revolution, social class struggles and discontent played a large role in Latin American independence movements. The peninsulares, the wealthy Spanish-born citizens, were the smallest group but held all of the highest political offices.]]> 2018-10-16 18:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293526328 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293528231 Haiti was a colony of France that was known as Saint-Dominque prior to its independence. It had a large slave population most of who were treated brutally and lived in poor conditions. ]]> 2018-10-16 18:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293528231 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293528978 2018-10-16 18:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293528978 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293537652 Look through this timeline. Start in January 1773 and read through events until January 1805.]]> 2018-10-16 18:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293537652 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293544392 Leader of the Mexican Revolution]]> 2018-10-16 18:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293544392 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293545024 2018-10-16 18:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293545024 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293545404 In Mexico, the independence movement from Spain was first led by the mestizos. Father Miguel Hidalgo, inspired by Enlightenment ideals, called for rebellion and a crowd marched toward Mexico City. They were defeated in 1811 by the upper classes. Mexican independence was finally attained in 1821 when the Mexican creoles, fearing the loss of their power, declared independence from Spain. Mexico made Agustin de Iturbide their emperor.]]> 2018-10-16 18:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293545404 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293548706 In 1823, the nations of Central America (Nicaragua, Guatemala, Hondouras, El Salvador, and Costa Rica) declared their independence from Mexico.]]> 2018-10-16 18:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293548706 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293549976 Leader of South American Revolutions. He was a creole general. He began leading independence movements in his home country of Venezuela in 1811. He then moved into Colombia and Ecuador, when he met Jose de San Martin who had recently freed Chile. Together, the two men combined forces under Bolivar's command to free Peru.]]> 2018-10-16 18:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293549976 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293552827 Bolivar's dream was to unite the Spanish colonies of South America into a single country, known as Gran Colombia. However, political issues prevented the countries from being united as one country.]]> 2018-10-16 18:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293552827 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293554117 Creoles (people of "pure" European blood by born in the New World) led the majority of the independence movements throughout Mexico and South America. They had been educated in Europe and exposed to Enlightenment and revolutionary ideas.]]> 2018-10-16 18:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293554117 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293555727 Napoleon Bonaparte's attempts to conquer nations in Europe, and thus extend control over its colonies, caused many creoles to worry about foreign domination by an absolute ruler. Nationalistic feelings increased people's desire for self-rule. Creoles and other lower classes throughout Latin America used Enlightenment ideas such as Locke's idea of consent of the governed along with nationalistic ideas to justify rebellion against Spain. ]]> 2018-10-16 19:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293555727 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293818143 The Haitian Revolution was the only successful slave revolt in history.]]> 2018-10-17 13:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293818143 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293991599 2018-10-17 17:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/293991599 mrcastello https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/306402216 2018-11-20 15:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/306402216 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/306454214 Use this as a summary of the accomplishments of the Latin American Revolution leaders.]]> 2018-11-20 17:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/306454214 mmbarker https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/306456864 Watch this for a quick summary of the revolutions.]]> 2018-11-20 17:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mmbarker/8ipugfvthvad/wish/306456864