Christ and the Americas: Chapter 12 People, Places, and Things
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GallagherGirl039 on January 14, 2011
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Seton American History, JPII Prep
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13 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Simon Bolivar | Atheist Creole aristocrat; led revolutions in New Granda, then Peru |
| Casimiro Olaneta | Traditionalist general; defeated in Upper Peru |
| Jose Gaspar Rodriquez de Francia | Creole lawyer who won election of 1814 in Paraguay; Perpetual Dictator |
| Dom Pedro 1 | Became Emperor of Brazil after declaring Brazil's independence from Portugal |
| General Sucre | Worked with Bolivar; president of Ecuador and Bolivia |
| Bernardo O'Higgins | Supreme dictator of Chile; forced to abdicate in 1823 |
| Ilaneros | cowboys of Venezuela; assisted Bolivar in overtaking New Granada |
| Dom Joao | Prince Regent of Portugal; proclaimed United Kingdom of Portugal and Brazil |
| Jose Morelos | mestizo priest who trained a small army in Mexico; defeated by royalists in 1815 |
| Jose de San Martin | led Army of the Andes with O'Higgins, then captured Peru |
| Dom Pedro 2 | ruled Brazil 49 years in peace and progress following its independence |
| Ferdinand VII | rightful King of Spain; deposed by Napoleon in 1810 |
| Miguel Hidalgo | Liberal Creoloe priest who led peasant army of 60,000 in Mexico in 1810 |
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