Day 76 Latin American People Win Independence

•Standard: 10:2.1 and 10:4.2-4

• Homework: Cornell 247- 252

• Extra Credit Book

Open Veins Of Latin America

Course Of Mexican History

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Historical Timeline Latin American Independence

Revolution in Haiti• American and French

Revolution Begin To Spread• Haiti was a French Colony• Primarily a slave state• Toussaint L’Ouverture Leads

Rebellion (100,000 slaves)• Deal with French not to fight

and betrayal• Others took up fight and

declared Independence of Haiti (mountainous land in Arawak)

Criollos

• Lead Revolution• Napoleons Defeat of

Spain starts chain reaction of Latin American Independence

Revolutionaries• Simon Bolivar

• Jose de San Martin- helps free Argentina in 1810. Chile in 1817.Crossing the Andes and joining forces w/ Bolivar

• Bolivar leads rebellion in Venezuela and was calling for a Pan America

Simon Bolivar (Jamaica Letter)“The role of the inhabitants of the American

hemisphere has been for centuries been purely passive. Politically they were non existent…We have been harassed by a conduct which not only deprived us of our rights but has kept us in a sort of permanent infancy with regards to public affairs….Americans today, and perhaps to a greater extent than ever before, who live within the Spanish system occupy a position in society no better than serfs destined for labor…Although I seek perfection for the government of my country, I can not persuade myself that the New world can, at the moment, be organized as a great republic.”

Mexico• September 16, 1810 – Grito

de Dolores (Padre Miguel Hidalgo). Revolt ends in his execution.

• Jose Maria Morelos (also a priest) Than Leads Army

• 1822 Agustin de Iturbide a Creole defeats Both and then declares himself Emperor. He is deposed and Mexico becomes a Republic.

• 1823 United Province of Central America Declares Independence from Spain and Mexico

Brazil

• When Napoleon Took Portugal Royal Family Fled and went to Brazil

• When Napoleon was defeated Creoles Demanded that King John Son (Pedro I) become King

• With Out War Brazil Became Independent