5.3 - Haitian and Latin American Revolutions

Simón Bolivar (1783 - 1830)
- Admired GW and the American revolution
- Wasn't afraid to take on the Catholic church
- Fought for Gran Colombia
- Helped end the removal of colonial power in the Americas
criollos
- People born in the Americas
Haitian Revolution
- Prior to the revolution, slaves were brutally treated
- Extension of the French revolution
- Slaves revolted
- French responds with armies in 1802-1803
  - they get sick with yellow fever
- Led to the Louisiana Purchase
- Haiti became a free state in 1804
  - Led by former slaves
  - Abolished slavery
Miguel de Hidalgo (1753 - 1811)
- Led a movement of indigenous people in Mexico against the elites
- Captured and executed in 1811
- Mexican independence declared in 1821
François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture
- Organized slave revolts in Haiti
- Free since 1776
- Built a disciplined army by 1793
- Died in prison in 1803
Thomas Paine
- British philosopher & propagandist
- Radical
- Known for Common Sense
- Criticized organized religion
peninsulares
- Elites born in Spain & Portugal
Radicalism
- Called for the wholesale destruction of the traditional system
- Wanted change fast
yellow fever
- African disease
- Transported to Haiti with slaves
- Helped turned the tide against the French in the Haitian Revolution
- Many Haitians had immunity; French did not