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Revolution in Haiti
The French colony called Saint Dominque was the first Latin American territory to free itself from European rule. The colony is now known as Haiti. The French enslaved over 500,000 African slaves worked of French plantations. Since the Haitians over powered the French during the French revolution they decided to rise up and go against their masters. They soon gained a leader by the name of Toussaint L'Ouverture who knew nothing about military but he soon learned how to handle military matters -
Haitian Revolution continued
In January 1802, 30,000 French troops landed in Saint Domingue to remove Toussaint from power. in may Toussaint agreed to end the revolution if the French stopped slavery. The French rejected that offer thinking he was planning something behind his back they then seized him and he died April 1803. Toussaint's lieutenant Jean-Jacques Dessalines took up the fight for freedom. in 1804 he declared Haiti an independent country. ( my sources was the textbook for both parts of the Haitian Revolution) -
Mexican War of Independence
the Mexican independence was between spain and mexico. one of the events that lead war was on September 16, 1810 Miguel Hisalgo Y Costilla who was a respected catholic priest issued a passionate rallying cry that was known as "Grito De Dolores" that lead to the declaration of war against the colonial government. some important people from this war is father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Jose Maria Morelos who were on Mexicans side. -
Latin American War of Independence (North. Simon Bolivar)
it began when napoleon Bonaparte dethroned Ferdinand and replaced him with his brother. Which later then lead to weakening of Spanish power in Latin America and a surge of support for independent republics. Simon Bolivar was the George Washington of south America. Bolivar wanted to unite Spanish colonies and south America into a single country caked Gran Colombia. in 1819 Bolivar led 2000 soldiers and surprised the Spanish army and took victory. -
Brazilian Independence
Napoleons army invaded both Spain and Portugal. For 14 years Portuguese ran their empire through Brazil. Kin John wanted to make Brazil a colony again. Many Brazilians rejected the colonial status they wanted no part of it. In 1822 creoles demanded Brazils independence from Portugal. Eight thousand Brazilians signed a petition asking Dom Pedro to rule. Their was no bloodshed to gain they're independence they had a clean sweep. -
Latin wars of independence (San Martin)
Argentina had declared its independence by 1816. countries like Chile and Peru still posed as threats. Martin joined forces with Bolivar to gain full independence. They had Bolivars army fight Peru. countries like Colombia , Venezuela and etc became known as Gran Colombia. Martin did not want to join forces but once he realized Bolivar gained independence he decided to join forces. with the help of Spain's army they won. -
Greek Revolution
The most powerful European governments opposed revolution. The Greek orthodox Christians, were ruled by Muslim Ottomans. Educated Europeans and Americans loved Greek Christian's combined British, France, and Russians destroyed the ottomans. Russia signed a treat making Greece an independent kingdom. Greece was the first people to win self-rule. they had companions to fight in battle so they could become independent and not have to worry about different religions taking over. -
Romanticism
Romanticism was a movement that reflected nature and emotions. it focused on things like wild emotion. it focused on the supernatural the exotic grotesque and the horrifying. It produced writers like Johann Wolfgang. the created things like gothic horror stories that became well known. Emotion dominated music. It was a time for the arts except it was more intense it involved feelings darkness things people felt but were not use to at that time -
Italian Unification
Italian nationalist were looking for leadership for the most powerful Italian states. Camillo di Cavour worked endlessly to expand piedmonts power. Cavour also worked to help southern rebels in southern Italy even when he was uniting northern Italy. Italian forces took over the last part of territory called Papal States. Rome became owned by Italy. Rome then became the capital of Italy the pope however still governed the section of Rome. -
German Unification
Prussia led German Unification with many advantages to help form a strong German state. Nationalism unified Prussia because they had a greater amount of German then Hungarians. Prussia's army was by the most powerful in Europe. The Prussian war was the final step for German unification. The nationalistic fever also seized people in southern Germany. King Wilhelm I was crowned Kaiser of the Germans. After the unfortunate events that happened during war they finally got unification.
