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Latin American Indep
SC 7-3 Latin American Independence
TERM | DEFINITION |
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peninsulares | colonial leaders in Latin America BORN in Spain or Portugal |
creoles | DESCENDANTS of Portuguese or Spanish settlers born in the colonies |
mestizos | people of MIXED Spanish and Native American ancestry |
caudillos | dictators who ruled by military force |
mulattos | people of mixed African and European descent |
MIGUEL HIDALGO | Catholic priest who began the fight for independence from Spain in Mexico |
SIMON BOLIVAR | led much of South America in fight for freedom from Spain |
Tousssaint-Louverture | led the FIRST Latin American revolution for independence, it was also the only successful slave revolt! |