Latin AmericaFrom 1500’s to Present

By Elizabeth Majewski and Kolbe Granderson

LATIN

AMERICA

Major Religions and World Empires Incas and Aztec EmpiresAdopted Catholicism from European

Conquistadors

Exploration and Global Trade

•Hernando Cortez and Francisco Pizarro explored Aztec and Incan Empires•Columbian Exchange•Triangular Trade

Latin American RevolutionsRigid class structure

Mestizos

Creoles

Viceroys (Peninsulare

s)

Latin American RevolutionsHaiti from France

Toussaint L’Ouverture led slave revolt Brazil from Portugal

Pedro led a Bloodless RevolutionMexico from Spain

Father Miguel Hidalgo Northern South America

Simon Bolivar liberates northern areas including Venezuela, Columbia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia

Legacy of the Enlightenment & Napoleon Monroe Doctrine- Latin American nations

were acknowledged to be independent from European control and protected by the U.S.

Industrial Revolution & ImperialismRoosevelt Corollary- U.S. as the “policemen”

of the Americas Spanish-American War- U.S. & Cubans

against Spain

World War I & the Interwar PeriodZimmerman Note to

Mexico from Germany promising land in exchange for war with the U.S.

Cold War & Decolonization Cuban Missile Crisis- Soviet Union

threatened the U.S through Cuba

Contemporary IssuesDeveloping countriesNAFTA (North American Free Trade

Agreement)