Nationalist Revolution Sweeps the West

Chapter 8

Chapter 8.1

•Latin Americans Win Independence

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Latin American Unique qualities

• Unlike North America, Latin America did not have any unification.

• Partly because of geography• Andes Mountains and Amazon Jungle.

• Five separate movements which were all related to the French Revolution

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Demographically, Latin America was a multiracial society (much different from Europe). Spain and Portugal controlled ¾’s of the Western Hemisphere, but only a small number of Iberians settled there –the Peninsulares. Together, Peninsulares and Creoles compromised only 2 % of the population and owned nearly all the mines, ranches, plantations, and (the very few) manufacturing establishments.

On the eve of independence . . .

Colonial Society Divided

Race and Class SystemLatin America has social classes that determine job and authority

Peninsulares – Born in Spain, the head the colonial government , society

6An example of pintura de castas, that classified people by their ancestry.

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A representation of Zambos in "Pintura de Castas" during the Latin American colonial period. "De negro e india, sale lobo" (Of a black and an Amerindian, produces a Lobo). Lobo is a Mexican synonym for "Zambo." Note the discarded shackles in the background near the timbers, it represents the Zambo's freedom from slavery thanks to his Amerindian ancestry.

Creoles – American born Spaniards who can become army officers

Mestizos have both European and Native ancestry

Mulattos – have both European and African ancestry Slaves,

Indians at the bottom of security

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Saint Domingue/Haiti

Creoles wanted independence from France during French Revolution

Mulatto planters wanted equality with Creoles

Revolution in the Americas

•Haiti is first Latin American territory to gain freedom from colonial master

•Slave revolt in 1791 led by Toussaint L’Ouverture

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May 6, 1794 Slaves Revolt

Toussaint L’Ouverture understood the place of Saint Domingue in global trading networks

They would have to maintain plantation system

1/3 planters

1/3 workers

1/3 state

Educate everyone

Military Spending

Send People back to Africa

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Toussaint and Haiti

• Toussaint is arrested by Napoleon’s soldiers and later he dies in France

• But, slaves win and Haiti is independent in 1804.

• Jacques Desallines divides property, destroys plantations and makes himself dictator

•Santo Domingue declares independence in 1803 and is renamed Haiti

•First black colony to win independence

Creoles Lead Independence

•Inspired by the enlightenment, Latin American revolutionaries fight for independence

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Other Latin American Movements

• Creoles are important and see themselves different from the Peninsulares.

• After independence, United States wanted to trade with Latin America• Spanish were opposed to US trading with Latin America

Terror Scares People and the Haitian Revolution really scared people

Everything changes in 1807 when France invades Iberian Peninsula

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Movements from North(Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador,

Panama)

• Simon Bolivar• In 1811 Venezuela

Independent• Earthquake of March 26, 1812• In 1813 Bolivar becomes

dictator of Venezuela:• Abolishes Indian tribute and

other special privileges• But, refuses to free slaves,

made Catholicism state religion, limited full citizenship to those with property

• 1814-1816: Spanish regain Spain- allowed them to reconquer Venezuela

• In 1816 with Haitian and English support:• Bolivar regains Venezuela

after agreeing to free slaves

•Simon Bolivar – Wealthy Creole leads Venezuela in revolution

•Jose de San Martin – leader of Argentinean revolutionary forces

•Bolivar – Venezuela declares independence in 1811, Bolivar wins war by 1821

•San Martin – Argentina independence in 1816, San Martin helps free Chile

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South--Argentina

• In 1807—Britain tried to get control and the Spanish caved but Argentinians fought them

• In 1810 launches independence movement.

• Paraguay’s independence movement is successful

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South (continued)

• 1813 The National Assembly ended Encomienda, Titles of Nobility, and the Inquisition

• 1816 Jose San Martin launches another independence movement to acquire Chile.

• 1817 the Army of the Andes

• June 1821, he conquered Peru

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South continued

• July 26-27, 1822 San Martin joins Bolivar

• San Martin retires

• Bolivar becomes military dictator December 9, 1822

•Bolivar’s and San Martin’s forces drive Spanish out of Peru in 1824

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Mexico

• Priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla—September 16, 1810.

• Hidalgo is captured and killed in 1811

Mexican Independence

•Padre Miguel Hidalgo – Priest who launches Mexican revolt in 1810 leads 80,000 Indian and mestizo followers on Mexico City

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Mexico

• Priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla—September 16, 1810.

• Hidalgo is captured and killed in 1811

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Jose Maria Morelos

• Proclaimed independence in 1813

• Institutes social and fiscal reforms

• Wanted land reform and the breakup of haciendas

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Agusti’n de Iturbide

• Agustin de Iturbide defeated Morelos.

• Morelos was executed December 22, 1815

•Jose Maria Morelos – leads revolt after Hidalgo’s defeat, but loses

•Mexican creoles react, declare Mexico independent in 1821, Central America breaks away from Mexico in 1823

Brazil’s Royal Liberator

•Bloodless Revolution – Napoleon invades Portugal causing royal family to move to Brazil in 1807

•Portuguese court returns to Portugal after Napoleons defeat in 1815

•Portuguese Prince Dom Pedro stays behind in Brazil•Accepts Brazillians’ request to rule their new country•Official declaration of independence in September of 1822

•By 1830, nearly all Latin American regions win independence

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Who gained and who lost?

• Creole elites

• Slaves

• Military

• Millions of miners and agricultural workers

• Latin American Economy

• Latin American Democracy

• Stability