Post on 16-Jan-2016
WHAT IS LATIN AMERICA??? Latin America consists of the nations that speak
Spanish or Portuguese in Central and South America.
WHERE WERE THE EUROPEAN COLONIES?Country Colony of…
Mexico
Brazil
Venezuela
Haiti
Columbia
Argentina
Cuba
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COLONIAL SYSTEM
The colonial governments mirrored the home (parent) countries governmentsEx. Spanish colonies had the same government
as Spain did
Catholicism had a strong influence on the development of coloniesConversion of the natives (indigenous pop.)
WHAT ABOUT THE MONEY?
Europeans mined the precious metals from Latin America for export.
GROWTH OF CITIES
Major cities were established as outposts of colonial authority
HavanaMexico CityLimaSão PauloBuenos Aires
WHO CONTROLLED LATIN AMERICA?
Viceroys/colonial officersViceroys were conquistadors who were given
governmental authority by the crown
Peninsulares
Creoles
Mestizos & Mulattos
Indians
Social Structure
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FROM COLONIZATION TO INDEPENDENCE
HOW DO THE REVOLUTIONS OF FRANCE AND AMERICA INFLUENCE THE PEOPLE IN LATIN AMERICA?
Haiti-- slaves rebel, abolish slavery and win independence.
Mexico– Father Hidalgo starts the Mexican independence movement.
French, Portuguese and Spanish colonies gain independence.
SO WHO GAINS INDEPENDENCE FROM THE EUROPEAN NATIONS?
Who From
Mexico
Haiti
Colombia
Venezuela
Brazil
WHO LED THESE REBELLIONS?
Toussaint L’OuvertureFormer slave who led the Haitian
rebellion against FranceDefeated the armies of Spain, France
and Britain
Simon BolivarNative who liberated the northern
areas of Latin America“The Liberator”
Don’t forget to label
bodies of water!
YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
Add these years to your map:Brazil – 1822Paraguay – 1811Uruguay – 1828Argentina – 1816Chile – 1818Peru – 1824Bolivia – 1825Grand Columbia (Ecuador & Venezuela) - 1819
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
James Monroe
5th US President
1817 - 1825
MONROE DOCTRINE
After the American Revolution, the United States wished to prevent foreign interference in America.
The Monroe Doctrine was issued in 1823, alerting European powers that the American continents should not be considered for any future colonization.
MONROE DOCTRINE
The Monroe Doctrine was issued by US President James Monroe in 1823:
Latin American nations were acknowledged to be independent
The United States would regard as a threat to its own peace and safety any attempt by European powers to impose their system on any independent state in the Western Hemisphere