1. Age of Revolution

2.  Latin America  1. Latin America = Central America + South America  2. Isolated from the rest of the world

3.  Colonialism  1. Latin America dominated by Europeans  2. Establish cities as outposts of colonial authority

4.  Why Colonies?  1. Colonies provide money (mercantilism)  2. Mine precious metals for export

5.  Control  1. Hard to keep control  2. Use religion (Catholicism)

6.  More Control  1. Use rigid social hierarchy to keep order  2. Rigid = unchanging  3. Hierarchy = ranking

8.  Reactions  1. Latin American countries rebel  2. Inspired by American/French Revolutions  3. Independence in Mexico, Haiti, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil

9.  Read the DBQ regarding the social classes found in Latin America before the Revolution.  Using this information related to the population of people found in Latin America, complete a bar graph showing the population percentages and label the social pyramid.

10.  Label the following areas on your map:  Atlantic Ocean  Pacific Ocean  Haiti  Mexico  Argentina  Venezuela  Colombia  Ecuador  Peru  Brazil  South America  North America  Label where the following leaders had their revolution and color their area:  Toussaint Louverture - Red  Miguel Hidalgo - Green  Jose de San Martin – Blue  Simon Bolivar – Yellow

12.  Label this territory: Red  The Haitian Revolution (1791– 1804) was a slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Republic of Haiti.

13.  Label this territory: Green  was a Mexican Catholic pr iest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.

14.  Jose de San Martin – Blue  Was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire

15.  Simon Bolivar – Yellow  was a Venezuelan military and political leader.  Bolívar played a key role in Latin America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire