Aim: How did the Enlightenment influence revolutions in Latin America?

Do Now: Copy Latin American Vocabulary into notebooks Nationalism (nash-uh-nl-iz-uh m) – a feeling of pride and loyalty to one’s country

Reform (ri-fawrm)– a change or fix what is wrong

Plantations (plan-tey-shuh n) – a large farm in which cotton, tobacco, coffee or sugar cane is grown

Mulattoes (muh-lat-oh) – a person of mixed ancestry, the offspring of one white parent and one black parent

Guerrilla war [guh-ril-uh] – type of warfare where the soldiers use surprise attacks against their enemies instead of normal fighting techniques

Republic [ri-puhb-lik] – a system of government in which officials are chosen by the people as representatives

Resistance [ri-zis-tuh ns] – to oppose or to go against something

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Nationalism (nash-uh-nl-iz-uh m) – a feeling of pride and loyalty to one’s country

Reform (ri-fawrm)– a change, to fix what is wrongPlantations (plan-tey-shuh n) – a large farm in which

cotton, tobacco, coffee or sugar cane is grownMulattoes (muh-lat-oh) – a person of mixed ancestry,

the offspring of one white parent and one black parentGuerrilla war [guh-ril-uh] – type of warfare where

the soldiers use surprise attacks against their enemies instead of normal fighting techniques

Republic [ri-puhb-lik] – a system of government in which officials are chosen by the people to serve as representatives

Resistance [ri-zis-tuh ns] – to oppose or to go against something

Read Handout # 1 – Latin American Independence Movements

Underline or highlight important informationUse the important information to fill in the

chart Toussaint L’ Ouverture

Simon Bolivar Jose de San Martin

Where When Results

Choose 1 Latin American Revolutionary Leader & create a tombstone for them.

Explain who they were, where they were from & what they did R.I.P.

Here lies _______________

Led a revolution in ________ which helped gain their independence from ________

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