World Cultures 11

Unit III: Latin America

Name: Philip Konrad

Date: 12-16-14

LATIN AMERICAN PEOPLES WIN INDEPENDENCE

Directions: After reading the document below, please answer the following questions completely and
Thoroughly in complete sentence format.
Background Question:
1. What three factors motivated the people of Latin America to rebel against their European
controllers?
Ideas of liberty, equality and domestic rule
Haitian Independence
1. Who controlled the colony of Haiti and what two leaders where responsible for their
independence?
Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Toussaint LOuverture
2. Why were they able to win their independence so quickly and easily?
Not many people were expecting this happening from him.

3. How was this movement for independence different from revolutions in the rest of Latin
America? [You will have to answer this question after reading the entire document.]

As quickly as it went up, it came down. Its happened quickly but certain people were smarter
leaving them to be outplayed.
Viceroyalty of Peru
1. Identify and explain the specific events on the European continent effected the movement for
independence in Peru.

The events that occurred from Jean-Jacques Dessalines. This was a very big deal. This helped
the movement for peru
2. The movement from independence was spearheaded by what two creoles. Who were they and
explain how they were able to gain it.
Sim n Bolvar and Jos de San Martn. Generals and leaders that were great at what they did.

3. What name did they give to the independent viceroyalty?

New columbia
Viceroyalty of New Spain
1. How did the movement for independence differ from that of Peru?

Peru was more different due to that fact it has different leaders with different outcomes.

2. The movement began with the leadership of what two leaders? Explain their rebellion and its
successes/failures.

Miguel Hidalgo and Jos Mara Morelos. They were both priest and Jose took over after Miguel
pasted away.

3. Ironically, a creole DID eventually was successful in gaining freedom from Spain. Who was he,
and whey did favor independence in 1820 when he did not earlier?
Napoleon and napoleon was very smart for what he does and what he did.

4. What government/title did this liberator give the newly independent viceroyalty?
What happened to his government?
Gave them a new name and made it harder for them to be able to leader and rule.

Brazil
1. Why was this colony governed differently than the Spanish colonies just prior to independence?
It wasnt one of napoleons biggest concerns. He was more to worry about.

2. How did the movement for independence differ in this Portuguese colony than those of the
Spanish colonies? Because there was more for it and it was a lot harder to actually start
the movement.