In Latin America and the Caribbean, their efforts changed their world drastically.
They went from being treated like animals, to being completely free. In the previous period Europeans, (the French, Spain, and Portugal), had increasing wealth due to the slave trade, which allowed crops to be produced in great numbers which would keep income rolling in. These societies were one sided, everyone that wasn’t
European was not a slave, but they weren’t treated equal. They had to do whatever the “whites” said, and the slaves really had to obey. In Latin America for example the Europeans that had both parents European were treated differently than the mixed people. In Haiti all people were not slaves either. For example, the lighter or mixed people weren’t …show more content…
They would just hang people and leave them there to die. This period for Latin America and the Caribbean was one of superiority of
Europeans and their use of forced labor.
The Latin American and Caribbean people at the time of their rebellion were hearing rumors of how the American colonies and France started revolutions. They thought “if they can fight back and win we can too.” If it wasn’t for the American and French revolutions the Latin American and Haitian independence movements would have never taken place. In Latin America, Spain and Portugal were busy defending against Napoleon. Napoleon was the new leader of France after the revolution who wanted to expand France which he was not successful in but was still a threat. So Spain and Portugal were focused on defending their country, never realizing that the revolution was trending. “Mexico was first to rebel in 1811 which was unsuccessful.” It took six years in for the Latin Americans to win just one of the many fights for independence. “Jose de San Martin defeated the Spanish in Chile in
1817. This victory set off a tide of victories for the cause of Latin American
Independence.” In Haiti their independence movements were led by a
They went from being treated like animals, to being completely free. In the previous period Europeans, (the French, Spain, and Portugal), had increasing wealth due to the slave trade, which allowed crops to be produced in great numbers which would keep income rolling in. These societies were one sided, everyone that wasn’t
European was not a slave, but they weren’t treated equal. They had to do whatever the “whites” said, and the slaves really had to obey. In Latin America for example the Europeans that had both parents European were treated differently than the mixed people. In Haiti all people were not slaves either. For example, the lighter or mixed people weren’t …show more content…
They would just hang people and leave them there to die. This period for Latin America and the Caribbean was one of superiority of
Europeans and their use of forced labor.
The Latin American and Caribbean people at the time of their rebellion were hearing rumors of how the American colonies and France started revolutions. They thought “if they can fight back and win we can too.” If it wasn’t for the American and French revolutions the Latin American and Haitian independence movements would have never taken place. In Latin America, Spain and Portugal were busy defending against Napoleon. Napoleon was the new leader of France after the revolution who wanted to expand France which he was not successful in but was still a threat. So Spain and Portugal were focused on defending their country, never realizing that the revolution was trending. “Mexico was first to rebel in 1811 which was unsuccessful.” It took six years in for the Latin Americans to win just one of the many fights for independence. “Jose de San Martin defeated the Spanish in Chile in
1817. This victory set off a tide of victories for the cause of Latin American
Independence.” In Haiti their independence movements were led by a