Unit 6: French Revolution, Napoleon, Latin America Independence and Unification

1st Estate/2nd Estate/3rd Estate

1st Estate/2nd Estate/3rd Estate

Clergy, Nobility, Commoners

Mexican Revolution

• 1810-1821

• Violent

• Resulted in Mexico’s independence from Spain

Brazilian Revolution

• 1820-1822

• Bloodless and peaceful

• Brazil gained independence from Portugal

Peninsulares

Spanish-born elites, held highest positions in colonial administration/church

Creoles

People of European descent born in Americas, excluded from top positions

Mestizos

Offspring of Native Americans/Europeans

Mulattoes

Offspring of Europeans/Africans