Name: ______Date: ______

Global 10; Latin American IndependenceClass Period: _____

Remember:

  1. You ONLY receive full credit for HW if …
  • You have all questions- and all parts of the questions- completed.
  • You have rephrased EACH question into your answer for ALL questions.

Except for your map question (#1 below), refer to pages 244-253, as well as the two handouts, to complete this assignment; you may also have to refer to other pages listed at the end of a question.

  1. Complete the map exercise and follow the directions on it.
  2. What THREE events and/or historical movements set the stage for a call for independence in Latin America?
  3. Create a social-economic class pyramid reflecting the order of society in colonial Latin America; highest ranking at the top; there should be a total of 6 groups
  4. Define ALL of the following: peninsulares, creole, mestizos, and mulattos
  5. Explain how the top two classes were BOTH similar AND different in terms of rights/privileges/wealth/power.
  6. What was done to natives by their Spanish conquerors under the encomienda system? (see page 123)

Refer to the handout “Toussaint L’Ouverture” for questions 7-13.

  1. What was he born as, and what present-day nation was he from?
  2. What was that nation’s relationship with France?
  3. Why did a slave revolt break out on that island?
  4. Why did he later switch sides and join the French army in 1794?
  5. Why did Napoleon go after L’Ouverture in 1802?
  6. What ultimately happened to L’Ouverture?
  7. What happened in 1804? Why was it significant?
  1. Prove or Disprove the following statement using specific information to back up your choice:

“Spain and France engaged in a policy of mercantilism in Latin America.”

  1. Prove or Disprove the following statement using specific information to back up your choice:

“France and Spain would be considered colonies in this unit.”

Refer to the handout “Simon Bolivar: The Liberator” for questions 16-20.

  1. Who was Simon Bolivar AND what was his background (specifically, where was he from, where was he educated, what social-class was he, and what did he do for Venezuela).
  2. List the nations Bolivar helped gain independence for.
  3. What 2 geographical barriers did Bolivar’s forces encounter, AND what about them specifically made traveling through them extremely difficult for his forces?
  4. What was the “Gran Colombia” AND what was it an attempt for Bolivar to do?
  5. What happened to it AND why?
  1. Prove or Disprove this statement using specific information to back up your choice:

“Simon Bolivar and France’s Robespierre were very similar in what they fought against in the beginning, and what they wound up becoming in the end.” (You may need your notes on Robespierre/French Revolution for this one as well as the handout above.)

MORE QUESTIONS ON BACK

  1. Who was Jose de San Martin AND what was his background? For example, where was he from, what social class was he, where was he educated, and what did he do? (249 and also the “History Makers” box on 249).
  2. What nations did he help free in Latin America AND who did he get help from in 1824? (249)
  3. (a) Who were Miguel Hidalgo AND Jose Morelos (what was their background)? (251)

(b) What did both men try to do AND what was the result for each of them?

(c) Why is 1821 of historical significance for Mexico?

25. Why did the Portuguese royal family flee Portugal in 1807 AND where did they escape to? (252)

26. What did the royal family want to do with Brazil when they went back to Portugal?

27. Who was Dom Pedro AND what happened with Brazil on September 7th, 1822?