Independence of Latin America

What is the highest social class in Latin America?

• mestizos

• People born in Spain

• Creoles

• Indians

Who were the mestizos?

• Europeans who moved to Latin America

• people who were part Indian and part Spanish

• slaves who worked on the plantations

• soldiers in the army

What influenced the Latin American drive for independence?

• French Revolution

• Enlightenment era

• American Revolution

• all of these

What did Napoleon Bonaparte do that helped the Latin American independence movement

• He attacked Buenas Aires

• He stopped trade in Latin America

• He donated money to the movement

• He put his brother on the Spanish throne

What was Haiti's Night of Fire

• the night of a devastating mountain fire

• the night of a big astroid

• the night slaves began a rebellion

• the night people lost their property

Haiti is part of what island?

• Bermuda

• Cuba

• Hispaniola

• Puerto Rico

Who began Haiti's struggle for independence?

• Boukman

• Jean Francois

• Santo Domingo

• Biassou

What was the first way Toussaint helped the Haitian revolution?

• president

• speaker

• general

• doctor

Why did the French finally St. Domingue?

• Touissaint was captured

• St. Domingue was on fire

• Yellow fever killed thousands of French Soldiers

• The French had already captured the town

What year did Mexico's War of Independence start?

• 1800

• 1808

• 1810

• 1821