Unit 9 Vocabulary

freedom to make laws or decisions without being governed or controlled by another country, organization, etc

• Independence

• Outposts

• Nationalism

• Unification

A small military camp used to guard against a surprise attack

• Independence

• Outposts

• Nationalism

• Unification

Belief that people who share the same language, culture, and ethnic background belong together in the same state

• Independence

• Outposts

• Nationalism

• Unification

the process of being united or made into a whole

• Independence

• Outposts

• Nationalism

• Unification

a ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a monarch.

• Viceroy

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mulattos

Those born in Spain and the only ones allowed to hold high government offices

• Viceroy

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mulattos

People born in the New World to Spanish parents

• Mestizos

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mulattos

People of mixed African & European ancestry

• Mestizos

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mulattos

People of mixed European & Native American ancestry

• Mestizos

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mulattos

Latin American nations were acknowledged to be independent. Any European attempt to colonize or impose their system in the Western Hemisphere would be considered an act of war by the United States.

• Monroe Doctrine

• Congress of Vienna

• Realpolitik

• Militarism