Latin American Independence Movements

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  1. 3. European revolution that began in 1789, fought for the rights and liberties of the working class and peasants
  2. 6. highest social class in Spanish colonial society, European born whites
  3. 8. Mexican priest who established independence movement among American Indians and mestizos in 1810; despite early victories, was captured and executed
  4. 10. Creole Revolutionary leader, born in Argentina, who freed Chile and joined Bolivar to free Peru.
  5. 12. second highest social class in Spanish colonial society, born in colonies of European descent
  6. 14. persons of mixed European and African ancestry, also third class in Spanish colonial society
  7. 15. Took control of Spain in 1808, Latin Americans saw his invasion of Spain as an opportunity to fight for their freedom
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  1. 1. Native American and European mix, third class in Spanish colonial society ,worked for Peninsulares and Creoles
  2. 2. former slave who became a general and led rebel forces against French to gain independence for Saint Domingue, which became independent country of Haiti
  3. 4. single unified Latin American nation,a short-lived republic (1819–1831) in northern South America and southern Central America, founded by Simón Bolívar
  4. 5. Slave revolt led by Toussaint L'Ouverture defeated French army in 1804
  5. 7. intellectual movement that influenced revolutions around the world in the late 1700s and early 1800s
  6. 9. Haiti was a former colony of ________
  7. 11. Brazil was a former colony of __________
  8. 13. Nicknamed the Liberator, Creole who led revolutions against the Spanish in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.