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World History 8.1 Latin American Peoples Win Independence Homework: Waterloo Elba Waterloo: where Napoleon suffered his final defeat Elba: island where Napoleon was imprisoned escaped after the Battle of Waterloo Objectives: Student will be able to describe how Haiti, Brazil, South America achieved independence by researching the influences that caused the struggle for independence. Students will also be able to explain the role that Native Americans and mestizos played in achieving their countries’ independence and describe the negative effects of independence. Notes 1.Why did slaves in the French colony of Saint-Domingue revolt? Whites denied slave access to education, used brutal methods to terrorize and dehumanize them, trying to keep them powerless; slaves outnumbered their masters. 2. What events led up to General Dessalines’s declaration of independence for Haiti? An African priest named Boukman inspired a slave revolution. Toussaint L’Ouverture (Black Napoleon) became the leader of the revolution, but the French imprisoned him. Then General Dessalines took over the rebellion. 3. How did events in Europe lead to revolution in the Spanish colonies? Motivated by Enlightenment ideals, creoles finally revolted against Spanish colonial rule when Napoleon made his brother, who was not Spanish, king of Spain. 4. What tactics did José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar use to defeat Spanish forces in South America? Bolívar used surprise tactics to defeat the Spanish in Bogotá. San Martín, with the help of Bernardo O’Higgins, drove the Spanish out of Chile. The two leaders then met in Ecuador and San Martín left his army for Bolívar to command; this unified revolutionary force, under Bolívar, won independence for Peru. 5. What is the significance of the grito de Dolores? With the cry of Dolores, Padre Miguel Hidalgo called upon peasants to rebel against Spanish rule. 6. What role did Indians, mestizos, Creoles play in Mexico’s independence? Indians and mestizos