latin american revs

causes of latin american revs

1. enlightenment ideas

2. influence of american and french revs

3. creoles resented being excluded from govt positions

4. spain was weakend by napoleonic wars

social structure

peninsulares

creoles

mestizos/mulattoes

enslaved africans + indigenous peoples

peninsulares

born in spain, held highest positinos

creoles

born in americas, wealthy but politically restricted

mestizos/mulattoes

mixed ancestry

simon bolivar

led independence movements in venezuela, colombia, ecuador, peru, and bolivia

known as el libertador

josé de san martin

helped liberate argentina, chile and peru from spanish rule

miguel hidalgo y costilla

catholic priest whose grito de dolores launched the mexican war of independnec ein 1810

grito de dolores

lowk idk

i think it was when that one priest guy preached his indpendence values at his church and inspired a bunch of people

effects of spanish american revs

end of spanish colonial rule across most of latin america

decline of spanish empire

struggles of newly independent countries

political instability

economic struggles

social inequality and class divisions

who led latin american revs

creoles, not slaves in contrast to haitian rev