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Haitian & Latin American Revolutions

Haitian & Latin American Revolutions. AP World History Chapter 29. Test is monday. 16c-18c: New Ideas Brewing in Europe. Inspiration of American & French Revolutions. Declaration of the Rights of Man & of the Citizen, 1789. Declaration of Independence, 1776. Enlightenment Thinkers.

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Haitian & Latin American Revolutions

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  1. Haitian & Latin American Revolutions AP World History Chapter 29 Test is monday

  2. 16c-18c: New Ideas Brewing in Europe

  3. Inspiration of American & French Revolutions Declaration of the Rights of Man & of the Citizen, 1789 Declaration of Independence, 1776

  4. EnlightenmentThinkers

  5. European Empires: 1660s

  6. Background • Saint Domingue was a French colony ( sugar plantations) produced 40 % of worlds sugar • 90% of population were slaves working under brutal conditions • 40,000 whites, 30,000 gens couleur, 500,000 black slaves

  7. Terms to Know- • Gens de couleur- free people of color as well as mulattoes • Maroons- escaped slaves

  8. Revolutionary Leaders • Boukman- Voudou priest, led 12,000 slaves in rebellion killed white settlers, burned their homes, destroyed plantations

  9. Toussaint L’OuvetureLeads a Revolutionin Haiti(1804)

  10. Toussaint-Louverture1744-1803 “Black George Washington” • Former slave • Skilled organizer, and military commander, wrote constitution 1801 • In 1802 he was captured , then died in French prison

  11. Outcomes of Haitian Revolution • Only successful slave rebellion in history ! • In 1804 Haiti was declared independent ( the 1st republic in Latin America) • US did not recognize the new republic

  12. Simón Bolivar: The Latin American George Washington” • Creolewho was inspired by Enlightenment • Led military campaigns against Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru • Tried to unify S. America into Gran Colombia

  13. Napoleon on the March Provides a model & a diversion!

  14. Latin American Revolutions!

  15. Bolivar’s Accomplishment

  16. The Caribbean:An “American Lake”

  17. Effects of Latin American wars of independence • Free from Spain by 1825 • Power continued to be in the hands of Elite( caudillos, Creoles, military leaders)

  18. Causes of Latin American wars of Independence • Inspired by the Enlightenment • Tensions between Creoles & peninsulares • Napoleon invaded Europe causing confusion and & opportunity to rebel

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