A | B |
Toussasint L'Ouvertuere | led the independence movement in Haiti |
Simon Bolivar | educated Creole, admirer of resistance movements against Spanish. "The Liberator", greatest Latin American nationalist leader of the period |
Jose de San Martin | Teamed with Bolivar |
Conservativism | preserve traditional ways |
Liberalism | promoted change, wanted governments based on constituions |
Nationalism | pride in one's country |
Oligarchy | rule by a few |
Emiliano Zapata | led a large peasant revolt, called for land reform |
Francisco "Pancho" Villa | leader of the Mexican revolution, US backed Mexican government against him |
Caudillos | local military strongmen that raised armies to challenge the government, oppressive dictators |
Autonomy | self-rule |
Ideology | set of beliefs or ideas |
Miguel Hidalgo | Creole priest who led the fight for Mexico's Independence |
Derived | to receive or obtain from a source (to reach or obtain by reasoning; deduce; infer). |
opposition | oppose, opponent, withstand (resist); control (restrain); hinder; antagonize |
Inalienable | "natural", absolute, inherent |