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Nationalism
Chapter 9:3 and Chapter 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Creoles | people of Spanish or Portuguese descent born in the Americas |
| peninsulares | colonists in Latin America who were born in on the Iberian Peninsula in Spain or Portugal |
| Father Hidalgo | (1753-1811) Mexican priest and revolutionary; he made the first public call for Mexican independence. In 1810 he rang a bell in his hometown calling the peasants to fight for their independence from Spain. He was captured and executed |
| Simon Bolivar | (1783-1830) South American revolutionary who led independence wars in the present nations of Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia |
| Zollverein | an economic alliance of most German states in 1834; allowed for free trade among themselves and common tariffs on imports, exports, and transit |
| Nationalism | sense of pride and devotion to one's nation |
| Imperialism | the policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations- any instance of aggressive extension of authority |
| Blood and Iron | In a speech to the Prussian parliament, he argued that German unity would not be won by speeches and majority vote but by "blood and iron". |