Latin American Independence Movements

Colonies in Latin America existed to....

• provide soldiers for the army of the home country
• to give only money to the home country
• to give only resources to the home country
• to give money and resources to the home country

All of the following things are examples of the Catholic Church's influence in Latin America EXCEPT...

• converted natives to Latin America 
• Held high government offices
• Banished native tribes from practicing rituals against the Catholic Church
• Controlled half of the wealth of Latin America

People in Latin America who held important military and government positions in the colonies

• creoles
• penisulares
• mestizos
• mulattos

People in Latin America who controlled land and business in the colonies and would lead most of the revolutions in Latin America

• penisulares
• creoles
• Native Americans
• mestizos

People in Latin America made of Native American and European ancestry

• mulattoes
• penisulares
• creoles
• mestizos

People in Latin America made up of African and European ancestry

• mestizos
• mulattos
• creoles
• slaves

First country to rebel in Latin America and where the only successful slave revolt in history took place

• Venezuela
• Mexico
• Brazil
• Haiti

Name of Mexican priest whose want to help the poor Indians and mestizos would spark a revolution

• Simon Bolivar
• Jose de San Martin
• Toussaint L'Ouverture
• Father Miguel Hidalgo 

In 1821, Mexico gained independence when the Creoles declared independence from ___________.

• Italy
• Portugal
• Spain
• France

Name of Individual who led many colonies to independence in South America including Columbia, Bolivia, and Ecuador

• Jose de San Martin 
• Simon Bolivar
• Father Miguel Hidalgo