Chapter 8 Flashcards
The top Spanish American society
Peninsulares
Spaniards born in Latin America
Creoles
Persons of mixed European and African ancestry
Mulattos
A wealthy creole
Simon Bolivar
Spent much of his youth in Spain as a career military officer
José de San Martin
A priest in a The small village of darles, took the first step toward independence
Miguel hidalgo
Led the revolution for four years, dearest by a creole officer
José María Morelos
Usually wealthy property owners and nobility, argued for protecting the traditional monarchies of Europe
Conservatives
Mostly middle class business leaders and merchants, wanted to give more power to elected parliaments
Liberals
Favores drastic change to extend democracy t the people as a whole
Radicals
The belief that ones greatest loyalty should not be to a king or an empire but to a nothin of people who share common culture and history
Nationalism
When the nation also has its own independent government
Nation state
The region southeastern Europe now occupied by Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, the European part of turkey and the former republics of Yugoslavia
The balkans
Took the title of emperor
Louis Napoleon
Nicholas’s son, decided to move Russia toward modernization and social change
Alexander II