quickwrite (make up pics???) look at page 185 in your text book. in the upper right hand corner is a...
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Quickwrite(Make up pics???)
• Look at Page 185 in your text book.• In the upper right hand corner is a cause and
effect diagram.• Can you find similarities between this cause
and effect for the French Revolution and the causes and effects of the American Revolution?
• See homework for the week.
“I swear before God and by my honor never to allow my hands to be idle nor my soul to rest until I have broken the chains that bind us to Spain.” -Simon Bolivar
Spanish colonies
1810 – 1821
Controlled by Spain
Monarchy
King Charles IV
incompetent
Ferdinand VII wanted
to take throne
Spanish Royal Family
Problems
Social•Slavery•Caste system (Social Inequality)
Political•Incompetent leader•King of Spain overthrown and replaced by Napoleon
Economic•Limited Trade•Underpaid, Overworked
People Worthy of Note
Símon Bolívar
De Miranda
MirandaMilitary manHelps Bolivar
w/revolution
CreoleAdmired French and
American RevolutionsLed uprising in 1810“The Liberator”
DRAMATIC EventsDun, Dun, Dun!
Napoleon occupies Spain (1808) and so
Spanish rule in Ven. Is questionable.
Junta (military gov.) established in
Venezuela (loyal to Spain-King Fedinand)
Bolivar and Miranda led creole uprising
(1810)
Civil wars raged for years- Spanish,
French, Creoles
Took Bogota from Spanish (August
1819)
Governments FormedRepublicA gov’t in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers.
Documents
July 5th, 1811 Venezuela declared its independence from Spain
1st Spanish-American colony to declare independence.
based on equality of individuals, the abolition of censorship and dedication to the freedom of expression.
Declaration of Independence