LATIN AMERICA

LATIN AMERICA

Timeframe:About 2600 B.C. to

about 1200 A.D.

Main Idea:Early people survived by using land and

resources in Latin America

Central America has the most active volcanoes in all of the Americas.

Andes Mountains: western coast of South America formed when two plates collided and pushed a tall ridge of earth up

The Amazon River is one of the longest rivers in the world, running out of the Andes Mountains and into the Atlantic Ocean.

The Eastern Highlands in South America consist of rocky plateaus, domes and hills.

Chile

Peru

Monte Verde is an historical site in Chile.

Many artifacts have beenfound like digging sticks and spears.

The people of Monte Verde moved from place to place for more plants and animals.

The oldest known city in the Americas is Caral, Peru, more than 4,000 years ago.

The society in Caral was very advanced. There is evidence of weaving, basket making and ceramic work.

The Olmec were highly skilled people. They migrated to Central America about

3,500 years ago. They contributed art, architecture,

calendars and jewelry

They influenced the Maya and Aztec people.

Conquest in Latin America

Timeframe 1500-1533 Native people of Latin America conquered by the Spanish and

Portuguese

Unit 2

Pizzaro Conquers the Inca• In 1528, relay messengers conquered the

Inca Emperor. • Huayna Capac the Inca Emperor

conquered new territories to the north.• The Inca explored territories. • The Spanish entered the empire. • Inca Emperor died from smallpox.• Francisco Pizzaro took over the Inca

people.

Portuguese in Brazil• In 1494, European nations argued to share

the western hemisphere. • The Portuguese conquered the land in the

east and the Spanish conquered the land of the west.

• The Portuguese conquest was not like the Spanish conquest of western Latin America.

• The Portuguese used Brazil’s soil as a resource to farm crops.

• They grew sugar cane on large plantations with many workers.

The Contributations of Native Peoples

• Native people married Europeans.

• Spanish and Portuguese had a strong influence.

• Explorers opened a settlement pass.

• Many Mexicans today are descendants of the Spanish and Portuguese.

Colonial Latin AmericaColonial Latin America1600-18001600-1800

Main Idea: A political and social way of life developed in Colonial Latin America that depended on labor.

Unit 3

Life in Spain's ColoniesLife in Spain's Colonies

Spain’s colonies are rich with silver. Spain’s colonies are rich with silver. Towns grow into big cities.Towns grow into big cities. A viceroy, an official from Spain was sent A viceroy, an official from Spain was sent

to rule in the Spanish king’s name.to rule in the Spanish king’s name. Their town had a plaza.Their town had a plaza. Silver mining occurred.Silver mining occurred.

Sugar and SlaverySugar and Slavery

Brazil made money and got rich from Brazil made money and got rich from sugar cane.sugar cane.

Raising sugar cane was hard work.Raising sugar cane was hard work. Because it was hard work Africans Because it was hard work Africans

were brought to be slaves.were brought to be slaves. The Caribbean Islands also grew The Caribbean Islands also grew

sugar cane.sugar cane.

An African LegacyAn African Legacy

• Many African people were brought to Many African people were brought to work on the plantations.work on the plantations.

• Many enslaved Africans became Many enslaved Africans became Christians.Christians.

• The enslave Africans still held many The enslave Africans still held many of their own beliefs.of their own beliefs.

Unit 4:Unrest in Latin America

Main Idea:

• Taxes and harsh rule lead to rebellion in Latin America.

Timeframe 1765-1785

Spain’s Control

• Timeframe: 1700s

• A new line of kings came into Spain.

• Spain split the Viceroyalty.

• More officials and judges in Spain’s colonies came from Spain.

• Native people got heavily taxed.

• They tried to improve silver-mining methods.

• People of Quito rebelled against changes in tax laws.

Tupac Amaru II

• Timeframe: 1700s

• New taxes and years of abuse

• Tried peaceful means

• 1780- Tupac Amaru II raised an army of Indians to revolt.

• Revolt crushed by the government

• Native people learned they can join the Creoles for their cause.

• Jose Galrial Condorcangui, renamed Tupac Amaru

II took the Native peoples side.

The Comunero Rebellion

• Timeframe: 1780s

• Another Native American revolt came up against the Spanish

• Rebellion erupted in Columbia

• Native people wanted land divided more fairly and lower taxes

• They demanded fairer work practices for the native people and mestizos.

Time frame: 1790-1820

Main idea: Latin American countries fight for

independence.

Life in Latin America

Unit 5

Revolution in the Caribbean

• In 1789 people from France revolted against the king.• They called for liberty and equality.• As this carried on it traveled through to all the other

colonies.• Saint Domingue was the richest colony. It had

different races including Mulattos. It was part of the Triangular Trade Route with Africa and North America.

• People were not all treated the same or had the same occupation.

LIBERTY

EQUA

LITY

Unrest in Mexico

• Spain ruled Mexico for over 300 years. The Mexicans had no rights.• Power was mostly held by the peninsulares. • Miguel Hidalgo led the Mexicans to

independence. He also rang the bells of his church for the Mexicans to gather.

• José Morelos formed a congress that made a constitution; unfortunately the constitution did not work.

• Miguel Hidalgo and José Morelos were both priests.

Miguel Hidalgo

Continuing the Fight for Independence

• The fight for independence continued across Latin America.

• Creoles had their own ideas about what the government can and should do.

• Mestizos and Native People had entirely no voice in the government. They could not stand up at all for their rights.

• All their resources had to be sent to Spain when they wanted to produce their own goods.

• Venezuela was the first country to demand freedom.

• In 1816, Argentina declared independence.

Years of Revolution and Change

Main Idea Latin America became Independent of

European and began the difficult job of self-government.

Timeframe: 1821 - 1850

Unit 6

South America Breaks Free• Brazil became independent without blood

shed.

• Rebels fought for years but could not defeat Spain forces in other Latin America countries.

• In 1819, Bolivar led a daring surprise attack in Columbia.

• Later Bolivar and San Martin freed the other South America countries.

Central America and Mexico

• Once colonies won independence, they faced many decision about how to govern.

• Kingdom of provinces decided to unite the neighbors of Mexico in 1822

• The Guatemalan provinces then formed their own union.

Independence in the Dominican Republican

• In the 1800s, the Caribbean Island and Hispaniola were home to the French colony and the Spanish colony

• Haiti declared Independence in 1804

• In 1812, Santo Domingo finally declared independence.

• In 1844, Dwart and his rebels drove out the Haitians.

The years 1850-1870 were a time of conflict over power and territory

in Latin America.

Timeframe 1850-1870

The Fight for Reform in Mexico

Maximillian was appointed the emperor of Mexico. He had been the archduke of Austria.

Benito Juarez starts a civil war because reformers are enraged by the Gadsden Purchase

Reformers are people who want change

War Over Borders

Paraguay starts war over Uruguay's freedom.

Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay make the Triple Alliance .

Results of War

Land was received from Paraguay

Triple Alliance lost more than 100,000 soldiers and Paraguay lost one third of its citizens and most of its adult male population

Paraguay was almost destroyed

Changes in Latin America

Main Idea Changes in Latin America from

1870-1900 were population, culture, immigration, and war.

Timeframe 1870-1900

Unit 8

Increase in Immigration

• The immigrants were mostly Europeans.• Most came from Italy and Spain.• Some came from Portugal, Germany, France, and

Russia.• Most arrived in Argentina.• Immigrants sought a better life.

Expansion of Trade

• People demanded goods.• The U.S. needed rubber from rainforests in Brazil

for cars.• The farms grew coffee, bananas, sugar, and

wheat for trade.• Mines had silver, copper, and iron for trade.

Results of War

• Bolivia lost coastal lands in the War of the Pacific.• Jose Marti was a poet and a freedom fighter in

Cuba.• In the Spanish-American, War Cuba gained

independence from Spain.

Unit 9 Latin America and Unit 9 Latin America and the Worldthe World

Unit 9 Latin America and Unit 9 Latin America and the Worldthe World

1910-20001910-2000Main Idea: Most Latin Main Idea: Most Latin

American countries gained American countries gained democratic governments in democratic governments in

the 1900’s but they continued the 1900’s but they continued to face political and economic to face political and economic

problems.problems.

New GovernmentsNew Governments

Military dictators took over governments.Military dictators took over governments. Many people lived in poverty.Many people lived in poverty. By the 1920s, a new democratic constitution gave: By the 1920s, a new democratic constitution gave:

justice, due process, equality, majority rule, and justice, due process, equality, majority rule, and minority rights.minority rights.

1959, Fidel Castro, took over the Cuban government1959, Fidel Castro, took over the Cuban government In the late 1900s, Violeta Chanorro, promoted peace, In the late 1900s, Violeta Chanorro, promoted peace,

she was one of many people that tried for peace.she was one of many people that tried for peace.

Other NationsOther Nations

U.S. helped Panama win U.S. helped Panama win independence from independence from Columbia in 1903.Columbia in 1903.

Panama allowed the U.S. to Panama allowed the U.S. to build a canal in Panama build a canal in Panama called the “Panama Canal”. called the “Panama Canal”. It was finished in 1914.It was finished in 1914.

OAS “Organization of OAS “Organization of American States” started American States” started in 1948.in 1948.

OAS provides cooperation, OAS provides cooperation, peaceful solutions to peaceful solutions to conflicts, and cultural conflicts, and cultural understanding.understanding.

U.S. demanded the Soviet U.S. demanded the Soviet Union remove nuclear Union remove nuclear missiles from Cuba.missiles from Cuba.

Continuing Concerns for Latin America

Deforestation of the rainforests Indigenous people forced out of their homes in the rain forests. Rainforest plants and animals might become extinct soon. Indigenous people live in communities, speak their native language

and preserve their ways of tradition.