Revolutions in the Americas

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Across
  1. 2. Catholic priest and leader of Mexican independence; supported power to the natives
  2. 5. the parent country of Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Peru
  3. 8. European-born colonial leaders; highest level of the social hierarchy
  4. 9. the parent country of Brazil
  5. 11. one portion of the island of Hispaniola; broke away from Haiti to form its own independent nation
  6. 15. government implemented by Brazil post-Revolution; only Latin American country with this type of gov.
  7. 16. Enlightenment philosopher who influenced the idea of individual freedoms; like, speech, religion and press
  8. 17. required colonists to pay a tax on all printed materials; led to colonial boycotts
  9. 18. former slave and leader of Haitian independence
  10. 19. leader of the independence movements in Southern South America; Argentina, Chile, Peru
  11. 21. Enlightenment philosopher who influenced the idea of branches of government
  12. 23. primary good Europeans profited from in the Caribbean
  13. 24. declared himself Emperor of independent Mexico
  14. 26. the parent country of Haiti
  15. 27. Enlightenment philosopher who influenced the idea of social contract
  16. 28. American-born Europeans; second level of the social hierarchy
  17. 29. first leader of independent Brazil; declared independence from his own father
Down
  1. 1. led an army across the Andes mountains to gain independence for Chile
  2. 3. the parent country of Jamaica, the Bahamas and the U.S.
  3. 4. the refusal to buy goods
  4. 6. French leader who conquered Europe; created opportunity for American colonies to rebel
  5. 7. conflict that transferred control of Puerto Rico and Cuba from Spain to the United States
  6. 10. leader of Cuban independence
  7. 12. colonists were angry over the high tax on this popular British good which led to this protest
  8. 13. colonists were angry over the presence of British soldiers, so riots erupted and the British killed five colonists
  9. 14. Spanish colony composed of present day Columbia, Venezuela and Ecuador
  10. 20. mixed-race class; lowest level of the social hierarchy
  11. 22. second leader of Mexican independence; gained the southern portion of Mexico
  12. 25. leader of the independence movement sin Northern South America; Venezuela, Colombia