HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ferdinand Vii Of Spain, European Colonialism, Atlantic Revolutions
10 Dec 2016
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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 3 centuries, the spanish and portuguese divided up the continent into colonies and exploited the land and its people for its mineral wealth: mainly for the silver and gold. They also imported large number of enslaved people from africa to work on plantations (sugar cane) By the end of the 18th century, complex multi-ethnic societies had evolved in latin. America, similar to, but distinct from those in north america. Important that we first understand the meaning of some historically specific terms for this region: creole term used to describe the descendent of early european settlers, born in the colony.
