AP World History: Latin American Revolution Flashcards
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| 9140636283 | Political causes of the Latin American revolution | - Power belongs to peninsulares and serve as visors, administrators, and judges. - Elaborate buerocracy. - Received huge salaries. - No history of self government. | 0 | |
| 9140636284 | Economic causes of the Latin American revolution | - European nations used mercantilism to gain wealth from their American colonies. - Switched from silver to cash crops. - Minor economy. - Sugar and coffee. | 1 | |
| 9140935288 | Social causes of the Latin American revolution | - Society of Casta system. - 16 social and racial categories. | 2 | |
| 9140935289 | Who were Peninsulares? | Held political power. | 3 | |
| 9140935290 | Who were Creoles? | - Economic power. - Majority of uprisings were led by creoles. - Plantation owners. | 4 | |
| 9140935291 | Who were Mestizos? | People of Indian and Spanish decent. | 5 | |
| 9140935292 | Who were Mulattos? | People of African and Spanish decent. | 6 | |
| 9140935293 | Who were slaves? | Mainly Indians and Africans. | 7 | |
| 9140935294 | Who were Caudillos? | - Military dictators. - Seized power. - Made few reforms for citizens. | 8 | |
| 9140935295 | Who was M. Hildalgo? | - A poor but well educated Catholic priest. - Used Enlightenment ideas to call for a revolution against Spain. - Led an army of 80,000 mestizos and Indians. - During the rebellion, Hidalgo was killed. | 9 | |
| 9140935296 | Who was S. Bolivar? | From 1811 to 1824, Venezuelan creole, Simone Bolivar led an army of revolutionaries against Spain. Helped create a nation of Gran Columbia, Peru, and Bolivia. | 10 | |
| 9140935297 | Who was Jose de San Martin? | - Argentinean Creole who led the independence of Argentina. - Helped create new nations of Argentina, Chile, and Peru. | 11 | |
| 9140935298 | What happened in 1821? | - Spain granted Mexico its independence. - A republic was formed. | 12 | |
| 9140935299 | What happened in 1807? | - Napoleon invaded the Iberian Peninsula. - He arrested the king of Spain. - The empire was beheaded. | 13 | |
| 9140935300 | What happened in 1816? | Independence of Argentina. | 14 | |
| 9140935301 | What happened in 1822? | - Independence of Brazil. - Brazil is bloodless. - Brazil was a monarchy until 1888. | 15 | |
| 9140935302 | Political effects of the Latin American revolution | - Becomes a monarchy. - Many new independent Latin American colonies. - Throughout Latin America, new democratic republic's were created. - Did not have history of self governance. - Many governments were unstable. | 16 | |
| 9140935303 | What were economic effects of the Latin American revolution? | - Economy remained a source of natural resources and cash crops. - British and United States' Capital started dominating Latin America because Latin America was dependent on the United States' protection from European nations. | 17 | |
| 9140935304 | Social effects of the Latin American revolution | - Brazil did not abolish slavery. - Creoles replaced Peninsulares. | 18 | |
| 9140935305 | What are the dates of the Latin American revolution? | 1810 to 1825. | 19 |