HIST 4079 Lecture : Week 2 Notes For HIST 4083
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Reading(s) for class: scott eastman, children of the madre patria (chapter 5, miguel hidalgo, edict against slavery, 1810. A process that was carried out internally through spanish colonies but was also dependent on what happened in spain. Bourbon reforms placed some discontent in creole communities: creoles felt as though they have been demoted in politics because at one time they were able to have political positions (ex. Ayuntamientos): however, bourbons felt as though creoles were below them, creoles even began to have higher taxes, other indigenous communities where also being looked down upon by the bourbon reforms. French invasion of the peninsula was aimed against portugal. Jose morelos: also took part in developing junta"s, invited spanish colonials in the autonomist movement, however, later rebels began to want complete independence from. Royalists could be considered the absolutists because they had no sympathy for the autonomist position or insurgent position. However, neither them nor the insurgents win independence.
