Nation building in latin america

Nation building in latin america

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  Ch.6 Section 4NationBuilding in Latin America
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  Nationalist RevoltsCreoles: descendantsof Europeans born in Latin AmericaDenounced the rule of Spanish and PortugueseNapoleon overthrew Spanish and Portuguese monarchies allowing revolutionary movements to succeedBetween 1807-1825 most of Latin America became independent They were influenced by revolutions in North America
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  HispaniolaSaint Domingue- aFrench colony on the island of Hispaniola1804 over 1000,000 slaves revolted and siezed control over all of HispaniolaBecame the first independent state in Latin AmericaNow called Haiti
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  Revolt in MexicoMiguelHidalgo led a mob of Native Americans and mestizos to attack Spaniards- ultimately failedMexico’s independence dayCreoles and officials decided to overthrow Spain to preserve their own powerArmy led by Agustin de Iturbide who named himself emperor after Mexico declared its independence in 1822
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  Revolts in SouthAmericaJose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar led revolutions throughout the continentBelieved Spaniards must be removed in order for South America to be freeThey were able to liberate all of Central AmericaMartin’s journey to Chile- Led troops over the Andes to attack Spanish2/3 of the pack mules and horses died and soldiers suffered from cold and lack of oxygen on mountains
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  Central American IndependenceDividedinto 5 republics: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, and NicaraguaConcert of Europe wanted to restore Spanish powerBritain did not because of trade with South AmericaProposed an alliance with the US to stop COE
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  Monroe DoctrinePresident JamesMonroe didn’t trust British motivesMonroe Doctrine: declared that American continents were no longer up for colonization by other countriesUS could not necessarily back it upBritish Navy also protected South America