Latin American Revolutions – Crash Course #31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBw35Ze3bg8&t=715s
Latin American Revolutions​ (Crash Course #31) – Consider: ​How did European
control and the Catholic Church impact Latin American society? Why might these two
forces make it difficult for Latin American societies to declare revolution?
1. (0:40) In Latin American society, what three institutions exercised control over
the populations?
2. (2:15) What is transculturation and why is it significant?
3. (3:20) By 1800, about how many people in Latin America were of multiracial
heritage?
4. (4:00) Why, in 1807, did the entire Portuguese royal family flee to Brazil?
5. (4:45) Who is Prince Pedro and how did he influence Brazil’s history?
6. (6:00) What two priests led revolts in Mexico?
7. (8:10) Through what methods did Simón Bolívar unite Latin Americans to rise up
against Spain?
8. (10:25) With a few exceptions in the Caribbean and South America, by what year
was almost the entire western hemisphere free of European rule?