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Latin AmericaFrom 1500’s to Present
By Elizabeth Majewski and Kolbe Granderson
LATIN
AMERICA
Major Religions and World Empires Incas and Aztec EmpiresAdopted Catholicism from European
Conquistadors
Exploration and Global Trade
•Hernando Cortez and Francisco Pizarro explored Aztec and Incan Empires•Columbian Exchange•Triangular Trade
Latin American RevolutionsRigid class structure
Mestizos
Creoles
Viceroys (Peninsulare
s)
Latin American RevolutionsHaiti from France
Toussaint L’Ouverture led slave revolt Brazil from Portugal
Pedro led a Bloodless RevolutionMexico from Spain
Father Miguel Hidalgo Northern South America
Simon Bolivar liberates northern areas including Venezuela, Columbia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
Legacy of the Enlightenment & Napoleon Monroe Doctrine- Latin American nations
were acknowledged to be independent from European control and protected by the U.S.
Industrial Revolution & ImperialismRoosevelt Corollary- U.S. as the “policemen”
of the Americas Spanish-American War- U.S. & Cubans
against Spain
World War I & the Interwar PeriodZimmerman Note to
Mexico from Germany promising land in exchange for war with the U.S.
Cold War & Decolonization Cuban Missile Crisis- Soviet Union
threatened the U.S through Cuba
Contemporary IssuesDeveloping countriesNAFTA (North American Free Trade
Agreement)
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