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Haitian Revolution
#1

Born a slave, he became the main leader of the Haitian Revolution

Toussaint Louverture

#2

This was the most valuable crop grown in Haiti

sugar

#3

These two European countries sided with Haitian slaves during the revolution

England and Spain

#4

He became emperor of Haiti in 1804

Jean Jacques Desallines

#5

This voodoo priest encouraged Haitian slaves to revolt in 1791

Dutty Boukman

Brazilian Independence
#1

Brazil was a colony of this country

Portugal

#2

This country invaded Portugal in 1807, causing the royal family to flee to Brazil

France

#3

This man renamed the Portuguese Empire in 1815 to the Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves

John VI

#4

He became the first emperor of Brazil

Pedro

#5

The Brazilian Empire ended in this year

1889

Mexican Independence
#1

He was a Mexican rebel priest who helped kickstart the Mexican Independence movement

Father Miguel Hidalgo

#2

This class of people were on the top of the social pyramid in Mexico (although they were born in Spain)

Peninsulares

#3

Most of the rebels that followed Miguel Hidalgo in 1810 were from this class

Lower class/peasants

#4

Term for Miguel Hidalgo's famous signal for the revolution to begin

Cry of Dolores / Grito de Dolores

#5

He became the first emperor of Mexico

Augustin de Iturbide

Simon Bolivar
#1

Simon Bolivar helped liberate many South American countries from this European country

Spain

#2

Bolivar belonged to this class

Creole

#3

When he was young, Bolivar witnessed this man's coronation in Europe in 1804

Napoleon

#4

Although he admired George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, Bolivar strongly criticized this practice

Slavery

#5

From 1819-1830, Bolivar was president of this country, which consisted of parts of modern-day Peru, Venezuela, and Panama

Gran Columbia

Random
#1

Term for the social hiearchy in colonial Latin America

Casta system

#2

During this war, Napoleon invaded Spain and Portugal

Peninsular War

#3

Your casta if you have an Indian mother and European father

Mestizo

#4

Name of the Indian man who claimed to see a vision of the Virgin of Guadalupe

Juan Diego

#5

The three pillars of colonial Latin American society were the monarchy, the casta system, and this

the Roman Catholic Church

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