latin american independence movements

Independence for Haiti

Led by toussaint louverture, 10 enslaved Africans revolted to saint domingue. After louverture was captured Jean jacques declares independence and named the nation hatiti plus removes slavery

Colonial system in Latin America

Spain and Portugal dominate Latin America, Spanish controlled trade, viceroys ruled, mercantilism

Class system

Pennisulares. Creoles, mestizos, native americans

Revolution begins

Napoleon conquers Spain and makes his bro king, latins refuses to affect French rule, revolutions break out across Latin America

Simon bolovar

Native born creole and was inspired by the enlightenment, built support to defeat Spanish in Columbia, 1819 then led Venezuela to independence in 1821

Jose de San Martin

Creole from Argentina, liberated Argentina and chile from Spanish rule, gave bolivar command of his army is 1822 and liberated Peru

Independence for Mexico

Miguel hisaigo was inspired by enlightenment ideas, he calls for rebellion against Spanish rule, independence archived in 1822

Brazils independence

Portugals royal family fled to Brazil when napoleon invaded, dom Pedro a prince was asked to stay and rule, independence declared in 1822

Monroe doctrine

Issued in 1823 by us president hanes Monroe, say Latin America must stay independent, Europeans interfering in Latin America is a threat to americas peace and safety