1. June 3rd, 2014
Goal: Explain how Latin America achieved independence from the Europeans.
QOD: List three reasons why Americans love George Washington.

2. Groupwork
Create a poster containing the categories listed on your liberators chart (Fill the whole chart paper, write in big print)
Add a visual and a nickname!
There will be a monument build for ONE of the Latin American liberators. Who should it be? Argue that your liberator deserves the monument.

4. Bolivar Born to wealthy Spanish family in Venezuela- Creole
Wanted to unite South America- wanted one country
Used military to fight for freedom- fought in Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador
Bolivia- named after him

5. DOM PEDRO

6. Dom Pedro Born in Portugal- Peninsular
Wanted a Brazil independent from Portuguese rule (his father)
Only a few small clashes- relatively bloodless revolution

7. SAN MARTIN

8. San Martin Born to Spanish parents in Argentina- Creole
Fought for freedom for the countries of Latin America from the Spanish- Argentina (Chile and Peru)
Used military- organized troops
Worked with Bolivar for a period but they had their differences

9. MIGUEL HIDALGO

10. Hidalgo Born in Mexico- Creole The bloody priest- organized rebellions
Organized Indian peasants and mestizos and creoles against Spanish rule
Fought for Mexican freedom
Died by the Firing Squad

11. HAITI

12. L’Ouverture Wanted to free the people of Haiti
Led an army of slaves to revolt
Haiti was a French colony
Slave, but was educated
Jailed by Napoleon until his death