L ATIN A MERICA SOL.7. W HAT IS L ATIN A MERICA ??? Latin America consists of the nations that speak Spanish or Portuguese in Central and South America.

LATIN AMERICASOL.7

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