World Cultures 11

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Unit III: Latin America

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LATIN AMERICAN PEOPLES WIN INDEPENDENCE

Directions: After reading the document below, please answer the following questions
completely and
thoroughly in complete sentence format.
Background Question:
1.

What three factors motivated the people of Latin America to rebel against their

European controllers?
They wanted liberty equality and democratic rule.

Haitian Independence
1.

Who controlled the colony of Haiti and what two leaders were responsible for their

independence?
The colony that rules haiti was French and the two rulers responsible for their
independence was Toussaints lieutenant and Jean-Jacques Dessalines.

2.

Why were they able to win their independence so quickly and easily?

Because the slaves outnumbered the whites but thousands and the french revolution was
going to which stopped from the army helping the whites.

3.

How was this movement for independence different from revolutions in the rest of

Latin America? [You will have to answer this question after reading the entire document.]
Because they never had a slave be the Leader of the Revolution

Viceroyalty of Peru

1.

Identify and explain the specific events on the European continent affected the

movement for independence in Peru.

That the other countries where getting freed so people came together and started to
attack and helps places become free

2.

The movement from independence was spearheaded by what two creoles. Who

were they and explain how they were able to gain it.
Bolivars and San Martin where the two used Armies and had revolutions and then they
were free.

3.

What name did they give to the independent viceroyality?

Gran Colombia

Viceroyalty of New Spain

1.

How did the movement for independence differ from that of Peru?

A poor priest rung the bells at his church and then all the people came and they said they
wanted to start a revolution they walked to mexico and had an army of over 80 thousand
men

2.

The movement began with the leadership of what two leaders? Explain their

rebellion and its successes/failures.

Miguel Hidalgo and Jose Maria Morelos Miguel lost because the Creoles took there aRMY
and fought back

3.

Ironically, a creole DID eventually was successful in gaining freedom from Spain.

Who was he, and whey did favor independence in 1820 when he did not earlier?
Iturbide took over and fought because they were trying to take Creoles land and give it to
the poor and also take there Military Positions

4.

What government/title did this liberator give the newly independent viceroyalty?

What happened to his government?

He called Himself the Emperor of Spain and the Government failed because no other
county said he was the leader of them

Brazil
1.

Why was this colony governed differently than the Spanish colonies just prior to

independence?
Because the Portuguese Royal family went and took over because they didn't like Napolean

2.

How did the movement for independence differ in this Portuguese colony than

those of the Spanish colonies?

Because when the family left they left his son and he became ruler and when the people
asked for independence he said yes so there was no fighting.