Aim:%20Why%20did%20Bolivar%20believe%20that%20the%20Latin%20American%20revolutions%20were%20failures?

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Aim Why did Bolivar believe that the Latin
American revolutions were failures?
Those who serve the revolution plow the sea.
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Haiti An Early Example of Imperialism

• 1. Colonialists destroy indigenous culture and
  society
• 2. Colonialists create a new social structure
• a few European elites
• a larger number of native (Haitian) elites
• a huge number of oppressed

• Different class interests, even after revolution
  (whose revolution is it?)

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Haiti An Early Example of Imperialism

• 3. Colonialists create a new economic system
  (plantation agriculture) based on oppression
• 4. Colonialists educate only a handful of native
  elites
• 5. Pressure from the West continues even after
  the revolution

Should you change the system after the revolution?
Who should rule after the revolution?
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Based on your class (and caste) position, which
ideals of the enlightenment inspire you most?
Based on your class (and caste) position, draw
up a list of revolutionary demands

• Enlightened Despotism
• Progress
• Rationality
• Logic
• Organization
• Planning

• Revolution
• Natural Rights
• Equality
• Consent of the Governed
• Rights
• Liberty

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Territorial division of Spanish colonies, 1797
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The Back Story Nationalism and development

• What made US and French nationalism possible,
  while Latin American nationalism lagged?

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What made nationalism and economic development
difficult in Latin America?
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What made NATIONALISM and economic development
difficult in Latin America?

• Geographic separateness Each areas culture and
  economy were different
• Each areas elites (creoles) wanted to rule (big
  fish/little pond)
• No common ideology or interests among Creoles,
  Mestizos, Africans, Indians

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What made nationalism and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
difficult in Latin America?

• The rise of caudillos - local plantation and
  ranch owners and aristocrats - who control
  political power
• Want to export their agricultural goods and
  import cheap manufactured goods compare with
  North/South conflict in United States

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Civil War Division of States
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INDUSTRIAL FREE LABOR
Agricultural Slavery
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HIGH TARIFFS TO PROTECT AMERICAN INDUSTRY
INDUSTRIAL FREE LABOR
LOW TARIFFS FOR CHEAP MANUFACTURED GOODS
Agricultural Slavery
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What made nationalism and economic development
difficult in Latin America?

• The rise of caudillos - local plantation and
  ranch owners and aristocrats - who control
  political power
• Want to export their agricultural goods and
  import cheap manufactured goods compare with
  North/South conflict in United States
• Latin nations remain reliant on European,
  American industrial goods

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Latin America An Early Example of Imperialism

• 1. Colonialists destroy indigenous culture and
  society
• 2. Colonialists create a new social structure
• a few European elites
• a larger number of native (Creole) elites
• a huge number of oppressed

• Different class interests, even after revolution
  (whose revolution is it?)

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Latin America An Early Example of Imperialism

• 3. Colonialists create a new economic system
  (plantation agriculture) based on oppression
• 4. Colonialists educate only a handful of native
  elites
• 5. Interference from the West continues even
  after the revolution

Should you change the system after the revolution?
Who should rule after the revolution?