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CRCT Group 3
Social studies terms that focus on Independence movements of LA
Term | Definition |
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Transatlantic | refers to anything that crosses the Atlantic Ocean |
Spanish language | the language of Mexico, Cuba, and Colombia |
Portuguese language | the language of Brazil |
Touissant L'Ouverture | great hero of Haitian independence, born a slave yet defeated the French army |
Simon Bolivar | liberator of many parts of South America, not concerned with slavery but of pushing the Spaniards out of South America |
Miguel Hidalgo | priest and revolutionary who led a peasants’ revolt in Mexico in 1810 |
Cuban Revolution | Fidel Castro led the army to revolt against a corrupt dictator Fulgencio Bastista in 1958 |
Zapatistas | revolutionaries from the Mexican state of Chiapas who want self-rule for southern Mexico. |
guerrilla | soldiers who are not part of a regular army but fight on behalf of a cause or for a person, political party, or movement. |
19th century | all the years including and between 1801 &1900 |