HIS 1123 Lecture 23: Chapter 23 - Latin Amercia-2
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Junta {hoon-ta} a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force. Creole a person of mixed european and black descent {mostly likely a european father} Mestizo a person of combined european and amerindian descent. Mulatto a person of mixed black and white races {usually a black father and white mother} Pardo descendants of europeans and amerindians who mixed with black people that formed person who were not mestizo nor mulatto. Caudillo a political-military leader that exercised his power in a form considered authoritarian by its opposites {war lord} Independence movements began in south america in 1810. Creoles {landed-elites} in argentina, paraguay, and uruguay rebelled against. Independence eventually achieved by the leadership of jose de san martin. Trained an army to liberate the andes colonies. Peru gained independence following the overall defeat of the spanish in 1824-26. Buenos aires developed into a successful city-state that did not include amerindians and creoles in rural areas.
