Transcript 8.3 - Marion City Schools

1. Peninsulares –
People born in Spain
but living in America
2. Creoles – People of
Spanish descent born in
America
3. Mestizos – People of
Spanish & Indian Mix
4. Mulattos – People of
Spanish & African Mix
5. Africans – Slaves
from Africa
6. Indians – Native
Americans
• Conquistadors
• Governors
• 2nd Generation
Governors
• Military leaders
Simon Bolivar
•Workers
•Majority
of modern
day
Mexicans &
Latin
Americans
•Workers
•Slaves
•Slaves
1. Why did slaves in the French Colony of SaintDomingue revolt?
• Whites used brutal
methods to terrorize &
dehumanize them
• Slaves outnumbered
masters
2. What events led up to Gen. Dessalines’s
declaration of independence for Haiti?
• Imprisonment of
Toussaint L’Ouverture
3. How did events in Europe lead to revolution
in the Spanish colonies?
• Creoles revolted
against Spain when
Napoleon made his
brother King of Spain
4. What tactics did Jose de San Martin and Simon
Bolivar use to defeat Spanish forces in S.
America?
• Bolivar used Surprise
• San Martin Liberated
Chile
• Together, they unified
the Revolution
5. What is the significance of the grito de Dolores?
• “Cry of Dolores”
• Peasant Rebellion
•Leader of
grito de
Dolores
6. What role did Indians, ,Mestizos, & Creoles
play in Mexico’s independence from Spain?
• Indians & Mestizos begin
the revolt
• Creoles take positions of
leadership within the
revolution