HUMA 1770 Study Guide - Tongmenghui, Socalled, Sepoy

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Chapter 20- the americas and society and culture in the west. Latin america in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Creole elites- descendants of europeans who became permanent inhabitants of latin. First revolt was actually a successful slave rebellion. Toussaint l"ouverture (1746- 1803) led a revolt of more than 100,000 black slaves and seized control of all of hispaniola. 1810, mexico experienced a revolt, fueled initially by the desire of the creole elites to overthrow the rule of the peninsulars. Indians and mestizos in mexico"s revolt against spanish. Jos_e de san mart "n (1778-1850) of argentina and simo"n bol "var (1783--1830) of. Bol "var liberating northern south america from the spanish. San mart "n was concentrating his efforts on the southern part of the continent because he believed that the spaniards must be removed from all of south america if any nation was to be free. British proposed joint action with the united states against european interference in.