HIST-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Realpolitik, Bourgeoisie, Europe 1
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Colonists but born in colonies: mestizos c. i. Main but lowest class: native americans d. i. Augustine de itterbide (some creole) worked with lower classes b. iii. Simon bolivar + jose de san martin c. ii. Together free bunch of places: brazil d. i. Only son stays at brazil (father goes back) d. iii. Pedro becomes emperor but const + freedom + elections. Failed revs: more class conflict, the church owned land, controlled education + charity, gran columbia c. i. Venezuela + colombia + ecuador under one gov c. ii. More food production less farmers needed more factory workers a. ii. Eating better longer lifespan healthier children: geography b. i. Increased population more demand more production etc. Ideas of industrialism: adam smith + capitalism a. i. Gov give schools but little else: thomas malthus b. i. Bad things (war + disease) keep pop in check. Broke all factory machines: utopian socialism b. i. Communism: karl marx (manifesto) the proletariat would rise + classless society would emerge a. i.
