PPT-“Building Dreams, Creating Independence Across America”

Alarming Consumer Debt Average credit card debt per household is 16000 The average American carries 35 credit cards Depleting of Pension Funds Over 84000 pension plans have been eliminated since 1985 to nearly 30000 remaining today. 4.2 - Ideas Help Start a Revolution. 4.2 – Ideas Help Start a Revolution. Main Idea. Essential Question. What is the difference between declaring independence and being independent?. Objectives. The Debate Begins. in Latin . America. Chapter 4.3. By the late 1700’s, liberal revolution ideas had spread from Europe to Latin America. . . Discontent there was rooted in 300 years of Spanish rule. George . Washington Drafted. 20,000 fired-up militiamen swarmed . Boston . area following the first shots at Lexington and Concord. . redcoats outnumbered. .. Second . Continental Congress.  met in May 1775 in . 1. Which two groups made up the vast majority of the population in Spanish America?. Indians and Europeans. 2. Of the Europeans, which group—. peninsulares. or creoles—probably made up a larger percentage?. 1791-1845. Independence Movements in Latin America. European domination of Latin . America. Spread . of Enlightenment . ideas. American . and French . revolutions. Growth . of nationalism in Latin America. Toussaint L’Overture and El Libertador . Background to A Rebellion. One of the key moments in the spread of the Atlantic revolutions to Latin America and the Caribbean was the Haitian Rebellion (1791-1804). Latin American Class System and Revolution. . World History. Unit 2 . This Slideshow Contains…. One Crash course video. One short video with PPT notes. Essential Questions:. How did the strict class system in Latin America lead to revolution?. Unit Two. Uniting For Independence. Vocabulary. 1. Draft. 2. Consent. 3. Revenue. 4. Embargo. 5. Boycott. 6. Human Rights. 7. Taxation without Representation . 8. First Continental Congress. 9. Second Continental Congress. Introduction. The Age of Discovery. Christoph Columbus. European colonization of the America. The Spanish and Portuguese colonies. English and French colonies. American Revolutionary War. Manifest Destiny. Aftermath of Lexington and Concord. After the bloodshed at Lexington and Concord in April of 1775,. about 20,000 Minutemen swarmed around Boston, where they outnumbered. the British. .. Even though they were fighting, for the first year of the war, they . What were the causes of independence?. Bourbon and . Pombaline. reforms in Spain and Portugal. Peninsulares. held most of the power over majority people. Church power became limited. Increase in taxes. Viva la revoluciones vatos!. Causes of Mexican Independence. Liberalism. Political thoughts spread from U.S.. Home Rule but not independence. Economics. Mercantilism. Creoles desire free trade. Taxation . Unit Two. Uniting For Independence. Vocabulary. 1. Draft. 2. Consent. 3. Revenue. 4. Embargo. 5. Boycott. 6. Human Rights. 7. Taxation without Representation . 8. First Continental Congress. 9. Second Continental Congress. Haiti, Spanish Colonies, and Mexico. Colonial Society Divided . Peninsulares. Born in Spain or Portugal (Iberian PENINSULA). They are only ones who could hold high office and govern. 30,000 by 1800. Creoles.