HA 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: New Latin, Guano
13 Oct 2015
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Peru: peru had once been the heart of the spanish empire, and suffered a great loss of power at the end of colonialism, the most serious challenges to colonial power emerged in bolivia (1780-83 war). Indigenous in peru feared independence because they feared the creoles over the. Spanish: creoles weren"t happy about a new republic with an indigenous majority, san martin. Argentinian warrior went to lima: simon bolivar. Venezuelan warrior also crossed over to peru: these men wanted peru to be independent and stop being a seat of power for the. Spanish: bolivar ultimately secured the independence of peru (1824), against the protests of. Peruvians themselves: bolivar came from a rich family of slaveholders. He was liberal and thought indigenous communal landholding was not appropriate. He was insensitive to indigenous culture, and wanted assimilation. He had liberal economic policies but was authoritarian in other respects. Law of 1828 stated that the state did not guarantee indigenous communal landholding.
