DO-NOW: How did the American and French Revolutions inspire the movement for freedom in Latin America?

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AIM How did the Enlightenment influence
revolutions in Latin America?

• DO-NOW How did the American and French
  Revolutions inspire the movement for freedom in
  Latin America?

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Vocabulary

• Encomienda System (en-koh-mee-en-duh) - social
  class system in the Spanish colonies.
• Nationalism (nash-uh-nl-iz-uh m) a feeling of
  pride and loyalty to ones country
• Reform (ri-fawrm) a change, to fix what is wrong
• Plantations (plan-tey-shuh n) a large farm in
  which cotton, tobacco, coffee or sugar cane is
  grown
• Mulattoes (muh-lat-oh) a person of mixed
  ancestry, the offspring of one white parent and
  one black parent
• Guerrilla war guh-ril-uh type of warfare
  where the soldiers use surprise attacks against
  their enemies instead of normal fighting
  techniques
• Republic ri-puhb-lik a system of government
  in which officials are chosen by the people to
  serve as representatives
• Resistance ri-zis-tuh ns to oppose or to go
  against something

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Activity 1

• Read Revolutions in Latin America
• Read the first section, Latin America Sweeps to
  Freedom
• Underline or highlight any important information
• Complete the Social Class Triangle on your
  worksheet

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Activity 2

• Read the handout Revolutions in Latin America
• Underline or highlight any important information
• Use the underlined information to complete the
  chart

Toussaint LOuverture Simón Bolívar José de San Martín
Where? When? Results?
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Toussaint LOuverture
Where? When? Results?

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Simón Bolívar 1783 - 1830
Where? When? Results?

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José de San Martín
Where? When? Results?

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Summary in your notebooks

• Choose 1 Latin American Revolutionary Leader
  create a tombstone for them.
• Explain who they were, where they were from
  what they did

R.I.P. Here lies _______________ Led a
revolution in ________ which helped gain their
independence from ________