HIST 8B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: José De San Martín, French West Indies, Multiracial
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Most people from european descent had higher social status in latin american regions. Greater living standard than rest of people. Most indigenous people lived in farming communities. Mixed race people lived among urban settings or among indigenous villages. Hard to tell mixed race from indigenous. Different people wanted different things when talking about independence. Spanish south america (argentina, chile, venezuela ): 1808-1824. Last country to gain independence was peru in 1824. Compromise between elites in portugal and brazil. Latin america was more important than the 13 colonies of america at the time. Losing haiti, silver mines of new spain was more important to the world than the 13 colonies. Made revolutionary wars in latin america more complicated and bloody. Haiti: one of the wealthiest places in western hemisphere ~1800s than those that happened in north america. Birthplace of one of most important political/social event in history: Second country to obtain independence from colonial powers (second to us)
