latin american revolutions

LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS

•Toussain l’Ouvertureled an uprising of African slaves in

1791, forcing the French out of Haiti-making Haiti the first Latin America

colony to achieve independence.

Important People for Latin America

Father Miguel Hidalgo- led movement for Mexican Independence from Spain

Simon Bolivar- led independence movements in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna- powerful caudillo who ruled Mexico from 1833-1855

Benito Juarez- Mexican National Hero of the working class, brought liberal reforms to Mexico

Porfirio Diaz- Conservative, centralist dictator who ruled from 1877-1911, working class opposed to him

Emiliano Zapata- demanded agrarian reform and power for the landless peasants

Important People for Latin America

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

Benito Juarez

Emiliano Zapata

The Monroe DoctrineApproved by President

James Monroe in 1823Guaranteed

independence for new Latin American Nations

Warned against ANY European intervention in the Americas