Latin American independence and haiti independence
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 who ruled saint dominique (haiti) | france |
| who ruled brazil | portugal |
| mulattos | white/black parent |
| mestizos | european and native heritage |
| creoles | spanish descent born in americas |
| problems in the new world | racist ideals became permenants, white/mulattos/slaves |
| ecomienda system | spanish crown regulated labor |
| pure europeans | spaniards/ french/ portugeuse |
| spain and napolean war | fought and lost , along with portugal |
| mexican social rigidity | no social mobility, 1. elite landowners, mostly spanish 2. the catholic church 3. everyone else grinding poverty for lower classes and NO middle class |
| who rebelled in mexico for independence? | manuel hildalgo |
| who was manuel hildalgo? | catholic priest, rebelled against spanish authority studied enlightenment challenged authority rebelled against the rich spanish landowners want quasi fedual state died fighting |
| General austin iturbide | switched sides, realized he could rule mexico platform that rebels and loyalists agreed with defeated spain 1821 |
| what are the political problems with mexico | military dictoral rule by the upper class, |
| what are other problems with mexico? | weak economy, small middle class, uneducated poor strong regionalism, weak federalism |
| saint dominique | french rule, sugar and coffee plantations, run by french elites, brutal manual slave labor system, high mortality rate/ high turnover rate |
| rigid caste system in saint-dominique | whites/creoles/blacks |
| who inspired the black haitians to revolt? | french revolutions |
| how did the haitians revolt | brutal campaign of violence and destruction against white elites, destroying farms/plantations at night |
| toussanit l'overture | slave revolt, key leader of combined slave and free colored forces, haitian general successfully fights off the french, assasinated by the french, martyr, brillant leader |
| aftermath of haitian revoloution | haitians win under general jean jaques dessalines, military dictatorship, enforced serfdom, |
| other aftermath | whites/mulattos left, not in control of finances, political coups |
| long term problems in latin america | 1. lack an educated middle class 2. military dominance of society 3. weak economies 4. ridgidly maintained social structures 5. political instabilities |
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