CH.8 HISTORY VOCAB EXAM

ideology

a system of thought and belief

autonomy

self-rule

radicals

those in favor of extreme change

peninsular

member of the highest social class in Spain's colonies in the Americas

Creole

American-born descendant of Spanish settlers in Spain's colonies in the Americas

mestizo

person in Spain's colonies in the Americas of European and Native American descent

mulatto

person in Spain's colonies in the Americas of African and European descent

Simon Bolivar

known as the "liberator"; freed several South American nations from European rule, including Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia

Toussaint L' Ouverture

self-educated former slave who led an uprising against Napoleon in Haiti

Father Miguel Hidalgo

a creole priest who in 1810 called for freedom and an end to slavery for Mexicans; led a revolt

Father Jose Morelos

mestizo priest who called for wide-ranging reforms in Mexico, including an end to slavery; led a revolt

Jose de San Martin

an Argentine creole who led armies against colonial rule in Argentina, Chile, and Peru

Dom Pedro

son of the king of Portugal who became emperor of an independent Brazil