south america

Period 1

Western hemisphere 

New World

Inca 

Large northwestern empire located in modern-day Peru 

Accomplishments include 

• Great road system through mountainous terrain (Andes)

• Silver production, potato production. Llama fur and communication device quipu

Cuzco is the capital 

Period 2

Age of Exploration

• Completely colonized

• Portugal gets Brazil and Spain gets almost everything else 

• Conquistador Pizzaro overthrows the Inca empire in the 1530s 

• Catholic religion spread

Enlightenment - Revolutions attack both colonialism and slavery

Latin American revolutions 

• Led by Simon Bolivard aka the Liberator and Jose Desanmartin who unite the Creoles

• Creoles - 100% European-blooded wealthy people who are born and live in the new world 

• Liberate all Spanish territory in South America 

Brazilian Revolution - Portuguese people led by the prince of Portugal overthrow the king and queen of Portugal to create Brazil 

Haitian revolution - successful slave revolution led by Toussaint Louverture who overthrew the French and establish the first-ever free slave colony 

The first colony to abolish slavery 

Period 3

Period 4

Cold War

• The 20th century sees many declining economies and political instability which leads to the rise of many countries implementing communist economic policies and politically turning into military dictatorships 

• Argentina 

• Brazil 

• Chile - Pinochet

Globalization - many countries have implemented capitalism and are producing goods for many Western countries leading to prosperity