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114725737Toussaint L'OvertureLeader of the slave rebellion on the French island of St. Domingue in 1791; led to the creation of the independent republic of Haiti in 1804.0
114725738Miguel de HidalgoMexican priest who established an independence movement among Indians and mestizos in 1810; after early victories he was captured and executed.1
114725739Augustin IturbideConservative Creole officer in the Mexican army who joined the independence movement; made emperor in 1821.2
114725740Simon BolivarCreole military officer in northern South America; won victories in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador between 1817 and 1822 that led to the independent state of Gran Colombia.3
114725741Gran ColombiaExisted as an independent state until 1830 when Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador became separate independent nations.4
114725742Jose de San MartinLeader of movements in Rio de la Plata that led to the independence of the United Republic of Rio de la Plata by 1816; later led independence movements in Chile and Peru.5
114725743Pedro ISon and successor of João VI in Brazil; aided in the declaration of Brazilian independence in 1822 and became constitutional emperor.6
114725744Andres Santa CruzMestizo general who established a union between independent Peru and Bolivia between 1829 and 1839.7
114725745CaudillosLeaders in independent Latin America who dominated local areas by force in defiance of national policies; sometimes seized the national government.8
114725746CentralistsLatin American politicians who favored strong, centralized national governments with broad powers; often supported by conservative politicians.9
114725747FederalistsLatin American politicians who favored regional governments rather than centralized administrations; often supported by liberal politicians.10
114725748Monroe DoctrineUnited States declaration of 1823, which stated that any attempt by a European country to colonize the Americas would be considered an unfriendly act.11
114725749GuanoBird droppings used as fertilizer; a major Peruvian export between 1850 and 1880.12
114725750PositivismA philosophy based on the ideas of Auguste Comte; stressed observation and scientific approaches to the problems of society.13
114725751Antonio Lopez de Santa AnnaMexican general who seized power after the collapse of the Mexican republic in 1835.14
114725752Manifest DestinyBelief that the United States was destined to rule from the Atlantic to the Pacific.15
114725753Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848)Treaty between the United States and Mexico; Mexico lost one-half of national territory.16
114725754Benito JuarezIndian lawyer and politician who led a liberal revolution against Santa Anna; defeated by the French, who made Maximilian emperor; returned to power from 1867 to 1872.17
114725755La ReformaName of Juárez's liberal revolution..18
114725756GauchosMounted rural workers in the Rio de la Plata region.19
114725757Juan Manuel de RosasFederalist leader in Buenos Aires; took power in 1831; commanded loyalty of gauchos; restored local autonomy.20
114725758Argentine RepublicReplaced state of Buenos Aires in 1862 as a result of a compromise between centralists and federalists.21
114725759Domingo F. SarmientoLiberal politician and president of the Argentine Republic; author of Facundo, a critique of caudillo politics; increased international trade and launched reforms in education and transportation.22
114725760FazendasCoffee estates that spread into the Brazilian interior between 1840 and 1860; caused intensification of slavery.23
114725761Modernization theoryThe belief that the more industrialized, urban, and modern a society became, the more social change and improvement were possible as traditional patterns and attitudes were abandoned or transformed.24
114725762Dependency theoryThe belief that development and underdevelopment were not stages but were part of the same process; that development and growth of areas like western Europe were achieved at the expense of underdevelopment of dependent regions like Latin America.25
114725763Porfirio DiazOne of Juárez's generals; elected president of Mexico in 1876 and dominated politics for 35 years.26
114725764CientificosAdvisors to Díaz's government who were influenced strongly by positivist ideas.27
114725765Spanish American WarFought between Spain and the United States beginning in 1898; resulted in annexation of Puerto Rico and the Philippines; permitted American intervention in the Caribbean.28
114725766Panama CanalThe United States supported an independence movement in Panama, then part of Colombia, in return for the exclusive rights for a canal across the Panamanian isthmus.29
114725767Auguste Comte19th-century French philosopher; founder of positivism, a philosophy that stressed observation and scientific approaches to the problems of society.30
114725768Mexican-American WarFought between Mexico and the United States from 1846 to 1848; led to devastating defeat of Mexican forces and loss of about one-half of Mexico's national territory to the United States31

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