Latin American Independence Movements

Today students worked in pairs, discussing the following terms from Born in Blood and Fire, Chapter 2. Each student was responsible for three tasks for their term: 1) Definition; 2) Quote from BBF; 3) Explaining its relevance to Latin American Independence movements:

• Quilombos, Palenques, and Tupac Amaru II
• French Revolution and Popular Sovereignty
• Napoleonic Wars
• Creoles vs. Peninsulars
• Hidalgo and Morelos
• Social Hierarchies - Pre and post independence
• Nativism
• Pedro I
• Iturbide "Augustin I"
• Bolivar and San Martin
• "Unfinished Revolutions"