colonies since the American Revolution‚ and so‚ the Latin American wars were vicious and were sparked by ideas of independence. Thanks to Napoleon’s invasion of Spain‚ the rebels in Latin America had the perfect excuse to declare their independence. However‚ even though the independence movements happened at a relatively close time from one another‚ they were not necessarily link together‚ since they have their own heroes and history. We can separate the Latin American wars into three fronts: Mexican independence
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LATIN AMERICA WHAT IS IT? Term thought to be coined by French Emperor Napoleon III‚ during occupation of Mexico Reference to cultural commonalities shared by those who speak Romance languages: Spanish‚ Portuguese‚ French. Confusing point‚ since some countries in region are English speaking: Belize‚ Jamaica‚ Guyana; Suriname- Dutch speaking 34 nations‚ 590 million Geography Region south of Rio Grande to tip of South America. 8 mill sq miles‚ Huge‚ 2.5 times size of U.S. Frozen windswept land
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30‚ 2008 19th Century Latin America (Option 3) Latin America in the latter half of the nineteenth century began to experience a number of obstacles pivotal to their identity and crucial to their development. The first significant obstacle came right after the wars for independence‚ a challenge and question over who had really achieved independence. The second obstacle was the political conflict between liberals and conservatives and their ideologies of what Latin America should become in
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Contemporary Latin American Studies Documentary Response Dominican Republic & Haiti The documentary Haiti and the Dominican Republic: An Island Divided discusses differences between two countries that share one land mass. In the first few seconds of the film the only visible separation or distinction viewers can observe is the Massacre River and the two different sides the countries occupy. However‚ moments later viewers are informed of the many deeper-rooted differences between the two countries
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Latin America Test Study Guide 1. Explorers for Spain and Portugal: a. Portuguese i. First to launch large-scale operations ii. Prince Henry supported explorations‚ established court—sent expeditions west to Atlantic islands‚ south to Western African coast—Portuguese settled Azores and Madeira Islands‚ learned about African coast—gold and slaves iii. Wanted water route around Africa to India—Bartolomeu Dias attempted‚ pushed back iv. Vasco da Gama
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The Latin America debt crisis What Happened Both internal and external for Latin Americas roller coaster economic performance in what was known as the crisis. During the 50’s and 60’s there was favorable conditions in place to maintain steady employment creation‚ capital investment and overall economic expansion. But this period ended in 1973 amid the first world oil crisis rocked the world economy and caused an era of debt-led growth among the oil importing Latin America countries. Latin American
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The Wars of Independence in Latin America Rebellions between 1804-1824 Colonial govt. ended in S. America Haiti revolt o led by Toussaint L’Ouverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines o Merchant‚ landowner‚ professional class participated (Creole elite) o Natives and blacks didn’t as much Discontentment of Creoles o Slave revolts in Andes‚ scared Creoles o Angry w/Spanish govt.  Taxes too high  Trade limits Peninsulares-whites born in Spain o Got the best positions
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Black in Latin America In the film Black in Latin America‚ Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes an in-depth look at the island of Hispaniola‚ divided into the nations of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. In Hispaniola‚ the conflicting attitudes of the Dominicans and Haitians concerning their African ancestry is the main focus. The people of both nations share a largely African heritage‚ but their attitudes concerning this past are very different. While Dominicans tend to stress their “whiteness”
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U.S. interventionism in Latin America resulted due to the economic clashes stemming from basic agricultural reforms in Cuba and Guatemala. Following WWII‚ Latin America experienced a wave of revolutions. After being subjected to the reign of tyrants for decades‚ the people of Guatemala and Cuba yearned for full rights and in pursuit of this sought to establish self-governed democracies.The pursuit of agrarian land reform was at the forefront of their concerns. The people desired to usurp the supremacy
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equality and democratic. Around colonies of Europe‚ in Latin America‚ the people was in a bad situation because the domination of the European colonial Powers. • Latin American People Win Independence Colonial society divided‚ what classes existed in Latina American society‚ in Latin America society was divided into six classes of people‚ peninsulares is the people that have born in Spain were at the top ‚ then creoles or Spaniards who born in Latin America‚ below them were mestizos were persons mixed
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