Dbq Caudillos

One of the many changes that were seen between the 1830s to the 1890s is political and economic change. This was done with the help of many leaders as well as the progress that the country was able to accomplish with the help of modernization. Back in the 1830’s one of the biggest political forms that were in place was that of the Caudillos. “Caudillos could be found in almost every corner of Spanish America from the 1840s until the 1860s. After the 1870s, the liberal reformers rebounded and gradually brought the caudillos to heel” (Wood 44). Caudillos were seen differently but more importantly, they were seen as leaders by some people. They learned to make themselves be respected within the communities. “Politically, the nineteenth century …show more content…
As this quote says, caudillos didn’t, in fact, looked anything alike from one another, each caudillo had their own visions of what they wanted to accomplish. Caudillos had special characteristics that put them in that Caudillo status, some of these characteristics were their masculinity, gift giving, and often times being a godfather to thousands of kids, lastly, their goal was to gain wealth for their country. (Wolf and Hansen, 49-51). Yet, Caudillos didn’t last very long, many of them were overthrown by the new political form liberals around the …show more content…
Many countries started with their country from early as the 1830s, many things were already being present however it wasn’t fully modernized. For example, the export per capita increased tremendously from 1827 to after the 1880s. One of the main reasons why production was being exported to different parts of the world was because of their types of transportation. “The railroad was an apt symbol of this commitment to linear progress. As it penetrated the plains and mountains and valleys of Latin America in the second half of the century (the first tracks were laid in Cuba in 1838), the railroad opened new vistas and markets for Latin Americans.” (C, C & G, 120). As its mention in this quote, the railroads started to be built in Cuba in 1857. In Mexico, railroad tracks didn’t start until the 1870s. With the use railroads, many countries were able to ship more of their products to outside countries. “Exports fueled the growth of other Latin American nations with similarly dramatic effects: coffee from Colombia and Costa Rica, guano from Peru, minerals (silver, gold, copper) from Chile, Peru, and Mexico, bananas from Central America, rubber from the countries sharing the Amazon basin, tin from Bolivia; the list is long and diverse.” (C, C & G, 123) The use of modernization and of transportation made many countries