LACS 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Landlocked Country, Emancipation Day, West Indies Federation

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Latin American and Caribbean Studies
• Course: LACS 1002
• Professor: Silvina Danesi

Document Summary

Independence process consequences: lacs at the end of the. 19th century: independence of spanish america, brazil and the. Haiti: only caribbean country to achieve independence in the 1st quarter of the 19th century. French revolution; invasion by napoleon bonaparte of spain and portugal. 1808: napoleon invaded spain & imprisoned ferdinand vii (spanish king) 1810: criollos established provisional governments in the name of ferdinand vii . Criollos in the colonies were happy with the imprisonment. Proposal: we will rule the colonies until the king is released. 1814: napoleon defeated by allied powers: austria, prussia, russia, u. k. Ferdinand vii returns to the throne and reestablishes spanish control over the colonies. Criollos move from tentative autonomy to open declarations of independence tentative autonomy revolt started in both viceroyalties. Bolivar"s principles: freedom, independence, unity (of the different countries) Wanted to unify the continent into one country; both central and south america.