-Major ports in Caribbean, but it became colonial backwater until sugar and slaves allowed resurgence…
Latin American revolutions - Throughout the 19th century British, Spanish, French, and Portuguese colonies were fighting for their independence. As Secretary of State and later as President, John Quincy Adams dealt with how the United States would respond to these revolutions without angering European powers. The United States chose to stay out of the affairs of these Latin American countries for that very reason.…
Slowly but surely, the Spanish and Portuguese viceroyalties created in the Americas were disintegrated through the multitude of independence movements that dismissed the crown’s power. Although the newly independent nations had resolved their issues with the crown by proclaiming their independence, they were still faced with numerous other challenges. One of the biggest challenges these nations had to face was the transition of power and authority. “Spanish America experienced a difficult transfer and legitimation of power.” A key participant on the issue of independence and construction of stable governments in the new republics was Simón Bolívar. Bolívar was very vocal on the method in which the new republics should successfully govern in order to avoid the conflicts that derived from the early divisional issues,…
The wars of independence in Latin America were due to the grievances of the Creoles against the Peninsular Spaniards. Looking at the Latin American War of Independence, it shows that the Creoles were being treated unfairly by the Peninsulars much like the way the Colonists were treated by the British. The main reasons as to why the Creoles were treated poorly were because they were not born in Spain, thus making them inferior to the Peninsulars. The unfair treatment, the loss of jobs, and the bourbon reforms were the major three reasons for the Latin American Independence of War.…
3. This blending of cultures may be most obvious when looking at Native American and African influences upon ______________. The Virgin of Guadalupe, for instance, was still called Tonantzin, the indigenous earth goddess, by Indians, and the profusion of blood in Mexican iconography recalls the ______________ use of blood in ritual. Transculturation pervaded Latin American life, from food to secular music to fashion.…
Amongst the most prominent of these revolutions were the Haitian Rebellion in Latin America and the French Revolution in Europe. The Haitian Rebellion was led by a former slave and targeted against imperialism. Though slaves led the revolt, women were not widely included. However, it is certain that women did contribute to the cause behind the scenes by either slightly fighting or supporting the rebellion, which ultimately failed. Throughout most of the 1750s until 1914, most of Latin America was dominated by imperial rule which divided it into various colonies or separate spheres of influence. Within the colonies, women, especially those of elite status, were treated entirely subordinate to the men of the household. In contrast, women of lower classes had to work but they strictly kept to working in their homes weaving baskets or tending the…
Simon Bolivar, the Liberator, organized and led military forces, never numbering more than ten thousand, to free the northern portion of South America from Spanish rule in the early nineteenth century. His direct action resulted in independence for Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. While others talked or dreamed of independence, Bolivar united and motivated a small group of followers to defeat the Spanish occupiers through surprise attacks ad wise decisions in the midst of battle.…
When 1825 came around, most of Latin America went into colonial rule, but they didn’t have much experience running their own government which lead to many of them facing some big issues. Nations were starting to get threatened by a forge in intervention that happened during the Age of Imperialism. When the Monroe Doctrine started running, the US wanted to warn Europeans nations not to run into Latin America. Later, Both US and Europe wanted to be with Latin America so they invested with them, that means that both the US and Europe were willing to use any kind of force they had to use to save all their investments. Finally, during the Spanish-American War, US got influenced by the Caribbean, which meant that soon the US would have required rights to build the Panama…
Unlike the revolution of North America, the early revolutions of Latin America started with subordinated Amerindians and blacks. The elite Creoles responded to Andean Indians almost conquering the Spanish army by breaking ties with Spain and Portugal. They however established governments under their control. A rebellion in 1791 led to a civil war in Haiti. The opposing army, led by Napoleon, did not stand a chance against guerrilla warfare accompanied by yellow fever. This led to Haiti declaring its independence in…
Simón José Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolívar, or Simon Bolivar. Simon was born in Caracas, Venezuela on July 24, 1783. He passed away December 17, 1830. Simon was the greatest independence leader in South America. He accomplished the independence of Spain. Simon brought independence two nations of present of day. Such as, Ecuador Panama Columbia, Venezuela, Bolivia. Simon was inspired by many historical figures. One of his great inspirations was his tutor Simon Rodriguez who tutored and mentored Bolivar for many years, he was sent to exile for his radicle notions. Another influence was Napoleon Bonaparte who Simon at one time looked up to very dearly then he began to despise Napoleon. There were event that took place that made Simon fight for independence; the independence for Haiti in 1804 influenced Simon. As well as the United States influenced him very much. These historical figures and events led to the successes of Simon’s accomplishments and failures. Simon contributed greatly to what Latin America is today, he fought for independence although he did not achieve Gran Columbia. In the end he was greatly influenced by Simon Rodriguez and George Washington, also the Haitian and United States revolution influenced him, Bolivar…
Simon Bolivar was the reason independence was achieved in the colonies of Northern South America; namely Venezuela. He was unselfishly dedicated to liberating the colony, and was not discouraged when a battle was lost or when Spain regained control of his Republics. As each of the three Venezuelan Republics were created and quickly destroyed, Bolivar never lost sight of his ultimate goal of independence. His hopes of combining all of South America into one independent nation always remained intact.…
This week reading discussion focus on Imperialism. Imperialism was a time period in which more developed nations colonized, and pillaged less developed nations. It was masked and redefined as meaning of claiming national territory. National territory was associated with ideology of freedom. United States acquired new territory for its continental empire, it was generally adjacent to and west of the nation’s existing boundaries. The United States wanted to stay neutral outside warfare. Military entanglement was not advantageous. However, the United States also threated to intervene in other Latin American affairs in the early 1890s, primarily as a way to counter growing British influence in the region. The United States need to turn away from…
The economic and social gap between Latin America and North America is certainly a mixture of path-dependence causes, and current economic behaviors. This is mainly because, on one hand history legacies, are essential to understand the current patter of unequal or unstable growth. On the other, economic prosperity is also about the degree to which each region has been capable of changing over time and adapting to external factors in order to create continued growth.…
Over the past century, most Latin American governments have heavily relied on state intervention in the markets to fuel economic growth and ‘development.’ Political and economic instability in the region throughout the 20th century set the stage for people to put their faith in a powerful state that promised stability and security. Many Latin American countries would put their faith in the Import-Substitution Industrialization (ISI) economic model, which was an “inward-oriented” model that used state intervention extensively in an attempt to fuel development. The result would be an ensuing debt crisis with high inflation that hampered any change of future development. Pursuit of the ISI economic model by Latin American governments during the second half of the 20th century proved to be a disaster and illustrated how state economic intervention never leads to sustainable development. Therefore, free market policies should be embraced and implemented by Latin American governments to ensure future…
The Creoles fight for freedom from Spain. Earlier movements were in the US, France, Haiti. The Latin American movement happened in the early 19th century. Why were the creoles so interested in leading the movement? The creoles had three main reasons why they wanted to lead the fight for independence. The three reasons were political control, economic control, and social control.…