Latin american independence

Latin American Revolutions- Brandon M.

  • Start of the Haitian Revolution

    Start of the Haitian Revolution
    The Haitian Revolution started when the slaves had enough and decided to fight back for their natural rights. The social classes that participated were the slaves because they didn't want to be used or tortured, so they turned on their own french leaders and killed them. The leaders of the revolution were Toussaint, Jean Jacques, and Dessalines.They had 100,000 slaves that revolted and rose to fight.
  • End of the Haitian Revolution

    End of the Haitian Revolution
    The Haitian slaves fought against the French. By 1801 Toussaint freed the whole island. The French Troops landed in Saint Domingue and removed Toussaint from being the leader and put him in prison. That's when the other two leaders came in too become the leaders. The revolution ended in 1804 and the Haitians got their freedom. The Revolution was a success because they got their freedom and didn't have to be slaves.
  • Start of the Mexican Revolution

    Start of the Mexican Revolution
    The revolution started when Padre Miguel Hidalgo took step in fighting for independence. He gathered people that also wanted freedom and created an army of 80,000 people to fight against the spanish. The social classes that participated were creoles. They wanted Hidalgo to be the leader so they fought for freedom. The leaders of the Revolution were Miguel Hidalgo and Jose Maria Morelos.
  • Start of the South America Revolution

    Start of the South America Revolution
    The way the revolution started was when Simon Bolivar took his army and invaded spain. The social classes that participated were creoles and they were a army of 2,000 soldiers. The leaders of the revolution were Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin who liberated Argentina.
  • End of the Mexican Revolution

    End of the Mexican Revolution
    The creoles fought against the spanish for their freedom but lost in 1811. Then Jose Maria Morelos lead the revolution for 4 years. In 1815 he was defeated.The revolution ended when Agustin de Iturbide proclaimed independence in 1821. It was not a success for the mexicans because they got defeated twice and couldn't have freedom. If it wasn't for Agustin for proclaiming their independence and freedom, they would probably not be independent.
  • Start of the Brazilian Revolution

    Start of the Brazilian Revolution
    The way the revolution started was when the brazilians didn't want to be in that colonial status that portugal input. In 1822 they demanded independence for brazil so they asked for Dom Pedro to rule. The social classes that participated were the creoles. The leader was Dom Pedro for Brazil.
  • End of the Brazilian Revolution

    End of the Brazilian Revolution
    The creoles didn't fight against the portuguese people, they discussed the independence. They did it in a non violent way. The Revolution ended when Dom Pedro declared independence for brazil on September 7th, 1822. It was successful because they didn't go to war and it was a discussion with each other without violence.
  • End of the South American Revolution

    End of the South American Revolution
    The creoles fought against the spanish to get there freedom. They united as one and beat the spanish and took them out of spain. The revolution ended when Simon Bolivar army beaten Ayacuchos army (peru). The revolution was successful because Bolivar and Jose de San Martin came together to liberate and free south america and they beat the spanish.