Name: ___________________________________ Date: _____________
LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS
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Before Reading:
1.
Where is Latin America?
2.
Why do we call it Latin America?
3.
What inspired the American Revolution?
4.
What inspired the French Revolution?
5.
Knowing nothing about Latin American Revolutions, what can you predict inspired the people of Central and South America
to revolt?
During Reading: pp 150-151
Nationalism:
1.
What was the result of Napoleon’s conquests?
2.
List three things that inspired revolution in Latin America.
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3.
When did Latin American countries start to gain independence as well as other rights and freedoms? _______________
Haiti
4.
Describe the situation in Haiti before the revolution.
5.
Who was Toussaint L’Ouverture and why was he important?
6.
What was Napoleon’s response after the Haitian slaves won their freedom in 1798?
South America
7.
Who led resistance movements against the Spanish in South America? ______________________
8.
What countries did Bolivar help liberate?
9.
Who helped Argentina and Chile gain independence?_______________
10. What was Bolivar’s ultimate goal?
After Reading:
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Outside Causes of the Latin American Revolutions:
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Enlightenment
Revolutions in ______________ and __________________
Napoleonic Wars
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Napoleon increases nationalism
Class System
o Peninsulares:
o Creoles:
o Mestizos:
o Mulattoes:
Descri
be the similarities between the class system in colonial Latin American and the ancien regime in
France.
PBS Black in Latin America
Mexico: 01:00 – 17:00
1.
Who produced cotton, sugar, cattle, and horses in colonial Mexico?
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2.
Describe the mix of cultures in the Fandango?
3.
Why was Veracruz important?
4.
Where did African slaves work?
5.
Who was Yanga? Why was he important? (11:14)
6.
What are the Casta Paintings? (14:20)
7.
Who led Mexican Independence? (17:00)
Haiti: 34:40 – 40:00
1.
What was the result of the Haitian Revolution?
2.
Who did the Haitian have to gain their freedom from?
3.
What inspired Haitian leaders to revolt?
4.
Who was Toussaint L’Ouverture?
5.
What happened in 1802?
Country
Who
Rebelled?
Why?
What Happened?
Haiti
Spanish South
America
Mexico
Brazil
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