Creole

Often led by native white Creoles who greatly disliked the imposing nature of Peninsulars. This is a very interesting point due to the fact that the Creole population was very small in regards to the slave and Native American populations. These people often had little issue with people born on continental Europe due to their lack of social interaction with each other. On the flip side of the coin we have the Creole who lived day to day with the slave and native populations…

the response varied in each region (pg. 577). By the end of the 18th century, the new political ideals that came from the successful revolution in North America, and the concepts from the Enlightenment were starting to influence the inhabitants or creole elites (descendants of Europeans that live premaritally in Latin America) in Latin America (pg. 577). The concept of equality for all, free trade, and a free press was very appealing (pg. 577). Unfortunately, representative government and…

islands. St. Dominigue was a former French fertile paradise that between 1681-1791 imported approximately 860,000 Africans to help produce cotton, coffee, indigo, and the ever lucrative sugarcane. The island became home for two classes of slaves; the Creoles who were born into slavery, and the Bossales who were new arrivals. These new slaves made up to two-thirds of the islands slaves. Since they were so new to the island, the Bossales retained many of their cultural ties with Africa and…

The document I selected was authored by the Congress of Venezuela at the Federal Palace located in its capital of Caracas in 1811. The documents primary purpose as intended by the Congress was to declare independence from the Spanish Crown as a colony, and become its own state of institution. The question: Why did Venezuela seek independence from Spain? Or more specifically what made the loyal colonists favor this decision along with the rest of society or the lower class. The answer: Spain…

The social conditions of colonial Latin America were that of intense social stratification, much like those of colonial India later on, except in Latin America the casta system (the precursor term to the Indian caste a.k.a Varna system) was imposed upon the people instead of already being part of their culture and society, as was the case for Vedic cultures. The people of Latin America were categorized in terms of racial admixture of the three races that could be encountered in these Spanish…

It is the language of instruction and government. Cape Verdean Creole, however, is used colloquially and is the mother tongue of virtually all Cape Verdeans. Cape Verdean Creole, or Kriolu is a dialect continuum of a Portuguese-based creole (Märzhäuser, 2010). Creole has been gaining prestige in Cape Verde since the nation's independence from Portugal. The differences between the linguistic forms within the Cape…

Martinville parish were urbanites, where in the city they were involved in the building trades. Their story is highlighted by the work of Dennis Paul Williams, which can be viewed currently in the African American Museum in St. Martinville. Acadians, Creoles, and Creoles of color collectively shaped the language, religion, foodways, music, dance, and festival style of Cajun culture, which is central to St.…

In collaboration these three separate events and festivals all together as they developed separately have now developed in to the big festival itself Festival Acadiens et Créole (“Festival Acadiens”). These events allowed for the festival to grow into something that celebrates all the aspects of the Cajun Créole culture. Rather than it just being a smaller event broken up into a day things it came together to a five-day event. More non-local people are more likely to come in for a festival that…

Mexican Revolution was that in the South American Revolution, the peninsulares and the Creoles were the leaders in the army for South America. In the Spanish Revolution, the lower class people were the leaders in the armies. In the Spanish government they had different social classes. At the top of the Spanish-American government and Society where the peninsulares who are people that had been born in Spain. Creoles were below them. They could not hold a high-level political office unlike…

Jazz became popular in New Orleans, however New Orleans was not the birthplace. Vernon and Morton also believed Jazz arose from negroes, but Morton also believed Jazz came from the Spanish and French and many cultures of people who are considered Creoles. The difference between the article and the recording was their perspective that each of them had with the discovery of Jazz. In “The Mysterious Jazz” article, Lieutenant Europe described his experience being in Europe and just leaving and…