Transcript The Wars of Independence

The Wars of Independence
1810-1826
Immediate Influences
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Creole Nationalism
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Enlightenment Influence
How Much Influence Was the French
Revolution?
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Frustration at “Institutionalized Discrimination”
The Specter of Haiti
The Real Catalyst: European Events
The Spanish Crisis, 1808-1810
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Background: The Napoleonic Wars
Spain as Napoleon’s “Satellite Kingdom”
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The 1808 Revolutionary Junta
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Charles IV Abdicates
Joseph Bonaparte
Fernando VII
The Cortes and the Constitution of 1812
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The Bourbon Reforms Remain in America
The Movement for Independence in
Spanish America
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Response to the French Invasion of Spain
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South American Rebellions
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Peninsulare and Criollo Agendas
Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Chile—but not Peru
The “Liberators”—a Creole Elite
Father Miguel Hidalgo and Mexico: A Case Study
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September 6, 1810
The Virgin of Guadalupe
The Sack of Guanajuato
Revolution from Below—And Those Who Fear It
Hidalgo’s Martyrdom
The Independence Movements in
South America
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The Influence of Simón Bolívar in the North
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Bolívar’s Ideology
Venezuela and New Granada
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Ferdinand and the 1820 Liberal Revolt in Spain
Sucre and Andean Warfare
San Martín and the Southern Cone
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The Llaneros
Bernardo O’Higgins and Chilean Independence
The Guayaquil Conference, July 1822
Ayacucho and the Consolidation of Independence
Postcolonial Blues
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The Rise of the Caudillo
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Latin American Society in the Era of Independence
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Caudillismo
“The Same Priest on a Different Mule”
The Question of Slavery
Religion
Land Reform—or lack thereof
The Liberal-Conservative Split
Federal vs. Central
The Roots of Neocolonialism
The Mexican Independence
Movement after Hidalgo
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José María Morelos
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A Radical Vision for a New Mexico
Guerilla Warfare
Congress of Chilpancingo
The Spanish Counterinsurgency
A Violent Interlude
Once Again, Spanish Events Intrude
The Consummation of Mexican
Independence
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Agustín de Iturbide & Vicente Guerrero
Plan de Iguala
The “Three Guarantees”
Independence Won
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Treaty of Córdoba
The Legacy of the Wars of Independence
Emperor Agustín I and the Mexican Empire
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Economic Crises