Latin American Revolutions

Question 1

Inequality

Answer 1

Not being treated equally

Question 2

Peninsulares

Answer 2

Spaniards living in the Spanish colonies who were born in Spain.

Question 3

Creoles

Answer 3

People of European descent who were born in the Americas.

Question 4

Mestizos/Mulattos

Answer 4

A person of African and European descent

Question 5

Slavery

Answer 5

Using another person to one advantage illegally and wrongfully

Question 6

Simon Bolivar

Answer 6

The greatest leader of South American independence.

Question 7

Miguel Hidalgo

Answer 7

Mexican Roman Catholic priest and key figure in the Mexican War of Independence

Question 8

Jose de San Martin

Answer 8

National hero of Argentina who helped lead the revolutions against Spanish rule in Argentina (1812), Chile (1818), and Peru (1821).

Question 9

Toussaint L’Ouverture

Answer 9

Haitian general and leader of the Haitian Revolution.

Question 10

Haitian Revolution

Answer 10

Put simply, the Haitian Revolution, a series of conflicts between 1791 and 1804, was the overthrow of the French regime in Haiti by the Africans and their descendants who had been enslaved by the French and the establishment of an independent country founded and governed by former slaves.

Question 11

Independence Movements (ex: Mexico,
Venezuela, Argentina, Peru & Brazil)

Answer 11

The Haitian Revolution led by Toussaint L’Ouverture to the Mexican War of Independence started by Miguel Hidalgo.