1. peninsulares – people born in spain but living in america 2. creoles – people of spanish...
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COLONIAL SOCIETY1. Peninsulares – People born in Spain but living in America
2. Creoles – People of Spanish descent born in America
3. Mestizos – People of Spanish & Indian Mix
COLONIAL SOCIETY
4. Mulattos – People of Spanish & African Mix
5. Africans – Slaves from Africa
6. Indians – Native Americans
• Conquistadors• Governors
PENINSULARES
CREOLES
• 2nd Generation Governors
• Military leaders
Simon Bolivar
MESTIZOS• Workers• Majority of
modern day Mexicans & Latin Americans
MULATTO
• Workers
HAITIAN INDEPENDENCE
1. Why did slaves in the French Colony of Saint-Domingue revolt?
• Whites used brutal methods to terrorize & dehumanize them
• Slaves outnumbered masters
HAITIAN INDEPENDENCE
2. What events led up to Gen. Dessalines’s declaration of independence for Haiti?
• Imprisonment of Toussaint L’Ouverture
S. AMERICAN WARS FOR INDEPENDENCE
3. How did events in Europe lead to revolution in the Spanish colonies?
• Creoles revolted against Spain when Napoleon made his brother King of Spain
S. AMERICAN WARS FOR INDEPENDENCE
4. What tactics did Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar use to defeat Spanish forces in S. America?
• Bolivar used Surprise• San Martin Liberated Chile• Together, they unified the
Revolution
END OF SPANISH RULE IN MEXICO
5. What is the significance of the grito de Dolores?
• “Cry of Dolores”• Peasant Rebellion
MIGUEL HIDALGO
• Leader of grito de Dolores