HISTORY 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Comparative Advantage, José Gaspar Rodríguez De Francia, Toussaint Louverture
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Independence was about creole elites becoming national elites. Sought to plug into new opportunities in the expanding world economies. Comparative advantage said la would export commodities and import manufactured goods. Seems to lead to dependence of la on european markets and manufacturers. New, national elites had to marshall resources to continue exports and find new opportunities. Had to invest in infrastructure of roads, ports, etc. Most of la seemed to follow this path. Free blacks in haiti believed this applied to them. Power in the hands of black jacobins military men. Ongoing power struggles through the 19th century. Jacobins force poor people to work on sugar plantations (but not as slaves ) to get the economy going. Led by jose gaspar rodriguez de francia (dottor) Turmoil in uruguay and competition between brazil and argentina over. Rio de la plata became a war with paraguay. Great britain backed argentina, uruguay, brazil against paraguay for economic ties.