12/1/2010
Revolutions in the Caribbean
and Iberian America
Finish Napoleon and Congress of Vienna
Quiz
Discussion
HW - read Mexico and South American revolution p. 654-656
Bring Jewels reader also!!
What effect did
the American and
French
Revolutions have
in the rest of the
Americas?
What did Andean Indian protest look
like in the 1780’s
Avenida del Sol, Cuzco, Peru
November 07, 2005 by Juan Bravo
What was unique about the Haitian
revolution?
What was different about Brazil’s
independence?
Thursday 12/2/2010
Agenda
• 3 min - Quiz
• 10 min – Correct quiz and review HW reading
• 25 min - The Jamaica Letter (Jewels)
• 2 min – describe HW – wikipost
1.
b.
2.
d.
• Enlightenment
(Late 1600’s…)
• American
Revolution (1776…)
• French Revolution
(1789…)
• Napoleonic Wars
(1799…)
– Spanish Bourbon
family on house
arrest from 18071814
d.
• Sept 16, 1810 - El grito de
Independencia (de Dolores)
3.
– “My children: a new dispensation
comes to us today. Will you receive
it? Will you free yourselves? Will
you recover the lands stolen three
hundred years ago from your
forefathers by the hated
Spaniards? We must act at once…
Will you defend your religion and
your rights as true patriots? Long
live our Lady of Guadalupe! Death
to bad government! Death to the
gachupines! (peninsulares)”
• After a decade of civil war,
1821/2 General Agustin de
Iturbide and his loyalists became
leaders of Mexico
Artist: Ron Embleton
4.
a.
Artist: Ricardo Acevedo Bernal
c.
• Caudillo - political-military leader
with authoritarian power; strong man
• “…Rosas as a quintessential
caudillo…Rosas basically ruled on
behalf of the large landowners of his
own province, and knew the ways of
the countryside well—he also
achieved … national unity and
international standing that
strengthened currents of Argentine
nationalism for the future. But he
ruled by force, alienating not only his
liberal opponents, but also fellow
caudillos who resented the
dominance of Buenos Aires. His
dictatorship was brought to an end at
the battle of Caseros in 1852…
– http://www.library.nd.edu/rarebooks/e
xhibits/riverplate/09biographies/rosas.shtml
5.
Juan Manuel de Rosas,
Argentine caudillo
Extra Credit
c.
Insights to Bolivar
• Attended Napoleon’s coronation at Notre Dame, Paris
• Fan of the American and French revolution, and
Thomas Jefferson, Adam Smith, Voltaire, Montesquieu
• Respected republics but did not think South American
people were ready for them
• Led Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and
Venezuela to independence
• Laid foundations for democratic ideology in S. America
• His Bolivian constitution included a life-long presidency
– Gran Colombia’s constitution was thus rejected in 1830
• Anti-slavery though accepted the prevailing social and
racial theories of his time
• Died from TB in 1830
Caracas
Orlando, FL
Buenas Aires
Washington D.C.
Paris
The Jamaica Letter (p.45)
by Simon Bolivar
Pre-reading question:
What do you think is harder to do, conquer a free
people or release a colony from servitude?
Directions:
1. Let’s read together.
2. Annotate.
– Circle words you don’t know.
– Underline important phrases.
– Jot down notes in the columns.
3. Consider, where do you see Napoleon’s influence?
HW
• Wikipost - Which question should we write
about?
• Default: What would have been Napoleon’s
advice to Bolivar in 1815?
Compare image of
Bolivar on Text p.
655 with this…