HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Peninsular Spanish, Francisco I. Madero, Shortage
2 Nov 2016
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Latin america responses to modernization: mexico and brazil. Central and south america had been dominated by spanish and portuguese since the 16th century hence the term latin america. Over the next 3 centuries they spanish and portuguese exploited the land and its people for minerals: gold and silver. Also imported large numbers of slaves from africa to work on plantations and produce sugar cane. By the end of the 18th century, complex multi-ethnic societies evolved into latin america. Early european settles born in the colony. Wealthy, landowners who made up the social and political elite. Retain the position when the colonies achieve independence. People of mixed european and amerindian (indigenous) descent. People of mixed european and african descent. Spanish and portuguese administrators who came to the latin american colonies to govern them, but who did not intend to settle them. New spain to new mexico: independence and politics.
