Transcript Latin America: Social Thought

LATIN AMERICA: SOCIAL
THOUGHT
By: Courtney Manns
And
Kyla Viot
Need to Know
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Latin America consists of the entire continent of
south America, as well as Mexico, central America,
and surrounding islands which speak the romance
language.
Latin America has been colonized by the Spanish
and the Portuguese from the late 15th century
through to the 18th century.
Latin America was almost completely colonized by
the Spanish, except for the large country of Brazil,
which was settled by the Portuguese.
Need to Know part 2
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Because Latin America was settled by these two
groups, the prevailing religion was Roman Catholic.
The primary languages in that area are of course
Spanish and Portuguese.
The main ethnic groups in that area are Amerindias,
mestizo, mulatto, African peoples, and the creoles
who were the elite class.
Need to know part 3
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Spain held power over most of Latin America until
1808 which was when the wars of independence
started
There were varying causes for the wars, these
include: taxes, replacing creoles (Spanish born in
the americas) in power with Spanish born, and
general mistreatment of the public.
Around that time, in Haiti, slaves were able to revolt
and overthrow the French. This gave Latin Americans
the idea that they could do it too.
What caused the revolution?
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Napoleon invaded Spain which weakened Spanish
power in Latin America, making it easier for the
Latin Americans to revolt
What other revolutions most likely
influenced the Latin American Revolution?
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The American and French Revolutions
In what time frame did the rebellion
occur?
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1810-1826
Who were the Latin Americans fighting
against?
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The Spanish
Who led the Latin American socialist
revolution?
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The rebellion was made up of under-paid or slave
working class Amerindias, mestizo, mulatto, and
African peoples. But they were led for the most part
by the Creole (Spanish/French) elites, who were
afraid of loosing their power over these people.
Who benefitted from the
revolution?
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The Creole elites benefitted the most but not much
changed for the working class, who remained under
the control of the Creoles.
What is neo-colonialism?
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The control exercised by a state or group of states
of the developed world over the economies and
societies of the developing world
Latin American Revolution vs Haitian
Revolution
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The Latin American revolution started in part
because of the Haitian revolution.
The Latin American slaves saw the slaves in Haiti
revolt and that made them think it was possible for
them to do so too.
Both of the revolutions were started and fueled by
slaves.
Similarities
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Both of the revolutions were started by slaves and
underpaid workers. They were angry with the harsh
conditions they were forced to work in.
Both wars lasted years. Both were against their
respective controlling countries.
Differences
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The Haitian revolution started in 1791 and went on
for the next 12 years.
Haiti was controlled by the French whereas Latin
America was, for the most part, controlled by the
Spanish.
Haiti had some of the harshest conditions any slaves
have ever been through.
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The farm owners in Haiti had no idea that the slaves
were going to revolt, while the farm owners in Latin
America were ready for it and actually ended up
joining the revolution. The Haitian were led by
fellow slaves, the Latin Americans by their normal
leaders, the Creoles.
Lastly, the Haitian Revolution is considered very
brutal, with mindless racial killing, compared to the
Latin American revolution.
Works Cited
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http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/2850
38/wars-of-independence
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHisto
ries.asp?historyid=aa87
http://www.answers.com/topic/latin-americanwars-of-independence
Spodek, Howard. The World's History. 3rd ed.
Laurence King, 1996. Print.