HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: European Colonialism, Atlantic Revolutions, Peninsulars
11 Oct 2016
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History 1dd3- the challenge of modernity in latin america: mexico. Central and south america had been dominated by the spanish and portuguese since the 16th century- hence the term latin america after the introduction and rise to predominance of the spanish and portuguese languages. Over the next three centuries the spanish and portuguese divided up the up the continent into colonies and exploited the land and its people for its mineral wealth- mainly silver and gold. They also imported large numbers of enslaved people from africa to work on plantations, such as those that produced sugar cane. By the end of the 18th century, complex multiethnic societies had evolved in latin. America, similar to, but distinct from those in north america. Before proceeding to explain the development of the continent through the case studies of mexico and brazil, it is important that we first understand the meaning of some historically specific term for this region.
