Ch. 23B Vocab. Flashcards

138215563	Gran Colombia	Independent state created in South America as a result of military successes of Simon Bolívar; existed only until 1830, at which time Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador became separate nations	0
138215564	Junta Central	-Created by Spanish patriots fighting against the French (around 1808) to administer the areas they controlled -Most Spaniards viewed it as temporary patriotic institution created to govern Spain while king was French prisoner -Claimed the right to exercise king's powers over Spain's colonies -Some colonies, however, did not view this as a legitimate authority and rebelled.	1
138215565	Caudillo	In Latin America, a personalist leader who gained and held political power without constitutional sanction, aka a military dictator	2
138215566	Tecumseh	-A Shawnee chief who, along with his brother, The Prophet, worked to unite the Northwestern Indian tribes. -The league of tribes was defeated by an American army led by William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. - Tecumseh was killed fighting for the British during the War of 1812 at the Battle of the Thames in 1813.	3
138215567	Caste War	-A rebellion of the Maya people against the government of Mexico in 1847. -It nearly returned the Yucatan to Maya rule. -Some Maya rebels retreated to unoccupied territories where they held out until 1901.	4
138215568	Abolitionists	-believed that slavery should be prohibited everywhere in US -conflict over slavery increases (main part of Civil War) -Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's Cabin	5
138215569	Acculturation	the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend	6
138215570	Women's Rights Convention	-Convention of feminists at Seneca Falls, NY to rewrite the Declaration of Independence to include women. - "All men and women are created equal" -Declaration of Sentiments -1848 -First meeting for women's rights -helped in long struggle for women to be equal to men	7
138215571	Development	A process of improvement in the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology.	8
138215572	Underdevelopment	The condition experienced by economies that depend on colonial forms of production such as the export of raw materials and plantation crops with low wages and low investment in education.	9
138215573	Creoles	-of European descent but born in the New World -inferior social, political, economic status	10