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Bellringer 12/4

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• 71 Age of Revolutions Vocab Quiz
• 72 Latin American Revolutions Notes

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AGENDA 12/4

• 1. Bellringer (Vocab Review)
• 2. Vocab Quiz
• 3. Notes Latin American Revolutions
• 4. Gallery Walk Closer Look at Revolutions
• 5. Video Latin American Revolutions

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Revolutions in Latin America (19c - Early 20c)
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European Empires 1660s
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16c-18c New Ideas Brewing in Europe
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Causes of Latin AmericanRevolutions

1. Enlightenment Ideas ? writings of John Locke,
   Voltaire, Jean Rousseau Thomas Jefferson and
   Thomas Paine.
2. Creole discontent at being left out of government
   jobs and trade concessions.
3. Inspiration of American and French Revolutions.
4. Preoccupation of Spain Portugal in fighting the
   Napoleonic Wars.

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Extra Info Enlightenment Ideas

1. Laws of nature NATURAL LAWS govern natural
   science and human society.
2. Give people rights ? life, liberty, property!
3. Make fair societies based on reason a possibility
   in the world.
4. Challenged the theory of Divine Right monarchy.

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EnlightenmentThinkers
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Bolivars Accomplishment
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Results of the Latin American Revolutions
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1. Brazil Freed from Portugal

• The Portuguese royal family escaped Napoleon by
  fleeing to Brazil.
• Pedro I set up a new, independent kingdom in 1821
  when his father returned to Portugal.
• Pedro II assumed full power after Pedro I
  abdicated his throne.

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2. Independence for Spanish Portuguese Latin
America

• By the mid-1820s, revolts create many
  newly-independent nations.
• Toussaint LOuveture Haiti
• Bolívar, San Martín, OHiggins in Paraguay,
  Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Bolivia, the
  United Provinces of Central America, and Gran
  Columbia!

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3. No Unity in Latin America

• Failure of Bolivars dream for a united South
  America
• Many newly independent countries struggle with
  civil wars.
• By 1830s, geographic factors (mtns., the Amazon,
  etc.) plus cultural differences defeated attempts
  at unification.
• Gran Columbia.
• United Provinces of Central America.

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4. Independence Brought More Poverty

• The wars disrupted trade.
• The wars devastated the cities and the
  countryside.

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What is the Message?
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Additional Problems

1. Feuds among leaders.
2. Geographic barriers.
3. The social hierarchy continued from the past.
4. Liberals were at odds with Conservatives over
   land reform.
5. Dependence on foreign nations for capital ()
   and for economic investments.