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GEAUX TIGERS

Notes from Chapter 16 lesson 2
Wednesday 01-07
peninsulars
* members of the highest class

Creoles
* people who has Spanish or Portuguese parents but had been born in Latin America
* Creoles made up the next class of people
* Many Creoles owned mines, ranches, or haciendas

haciendas
* huge farms or plantations

Mestizos
* people of both European and native descent

Mulattoes
* people of both African and European descent

junta
* an independent governing council

Complete Study Questions for Chapter 16 lesson 2

1. Why did the peninsulars not respect the Creoles?
2. Why did the missionaries not treat the Indians as equals?
3. What do you think influenced the missionaries to help the Indians?
4. How was society in colonial Latin America organized?
5. Which colonies in South America had not gained their independence 1830?
6. Why were the freed slaves in St. Domingue not satisfied with the end of slavery in the colony?
7. Why did Creoles in Argentina and Venezuela set up juntas?
8. What did the juntas do?
9. Why did the Creoles dislike being ruled by distant governments?
10. How were the pathways to independence different in Brazil, Mexico, and Spanish South America?
11. Who was at the bottom of the social ladder in Latin America?
12. Who was Tupac Amaru?