Revolutions in Latin America/Haiti

REVOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA/HAITI

Ch. 24

AKS 43a - identify the causes and results of

the revolutions in England (1689), United States (1776), France (1789), Haiti (1791), and Latin America (1808-1825)

AKS What were the causes and effects of the

revolutions in Haiti and Latin America?

Predict what you think influenced these revolutions

Enlightenment ideas American Revolution French Revolution

Quickly define the following:

Peninsulares Creoles Mulattos Mestizos

Racial Makeup of Colonial Spain

With an elbow partner, what group do you think will have the most influence on the revolution?

Why?

Where is Haiti?

Revolution in Haiti - first black colony to free itself from European control (“Mountainous

Land”)

1791 – 100,000 enslaved

Africans rose in revolt

1802 – French troops landed

in Saint Domingue to

stop the uprising

1804 – Haiti declared

independent

Latin America in 1800

Simon Bolivar http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/fa

moushistoricalfigures/simonbolivar/

Review What were the three influences on the

revolutions in Latin America and Haiti? What group of people had the most

influence on the revolutions? What was the name of the Creole that led

an independence movement in Venezuela?

Jose de San Martin What countries did San Martin help

liberate? Argentina Chile Peru

Mexico's Independence Miguel Hidalgo – a priest in a small village

in Mexico Issued a call for rebellion and generated

80,000 Mestizo and Indian followers Creoles then united in favor of

independence from Spain

Review What were three influences of the

revolutions in Haiti and Latin America? What group led the revolutions? What countries did Bolivar help liberate? What countries did San Martin help

liberate? What was Miguel Hidalgo’s profession?