Latin America Revolutions

The American and French revolutions influenced who to fight for their own independence?

• Canada

• South America

• Russia

• South Africa

Before Independence, Haiti was a colony of _________.

• Great Britain

• Portuguese

• France

• Spanish

Slaves made up ____% of the Haitian population

• 25

• 50

• 80

• 90

Who assumed control of the Haitian slave rebellion in 1794?

• Saint Domingue

• Vincent Oge

• Toussaint L'Ouverture

• Thomas Jefferson

Who led a successful revolution in Haiti to free the Haitians from French rule?

• Jose de San Martin

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Toussaint L'Ouverture

• Simon Bolivar

Who led a successful revolution in the northern area of South America, eventually having a country named after him?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Father Miguel Hidalgo

• Simon Bolivar

• Toussaint L'Ouverture

What nation claimed the region extending from Mexico through South America?

• The Netherlands

• Spain

• Portugal

• France

Who started the Mexican Independence movement?

• Simon Bolivar

• Toussaint L'Ouverture

• Father Miguel Hidalgo

• Jose de San Martin

What was the main factor in determining a person’s social status in Spain’s colonies in Latin America?

• Race

• Religion

• Politics

• Wealth

Which of the followign was a cause of the Latin American Independence Movements?

• Absolute monarachs in Europe encouraged the movements

• George Washinton sent troops and supplies to help the revolutions get started

• The impact of the Enlightenment ideas

• The Peninsulares gave the people of Latin America permission to revolt