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| Colonial System | the system or policy by which a nation maintains or advocates such control or influence. |
| Viceroy | A regal official who rules a country or colony in the name of and as a representative of a monarch |
| Peninsulars | a Spanish-born Spaniard residing in the New World |
| Creole | people of present or former colonies, usually locally born with foreign ancestry |
| Mestizo | a person of combined European and Native descent |
| Mulattoes | a person of combined European and African descent |
| Father Miguel Hidalgo | A Mexican Catholic priest Leader of the Mexican War of Independence. Executed by firing Spanish squad |
| Toussaint L'Ouverture | leader of Haitian Revolution |
| Simon Bolivar | Venezuelan military and political leader. |
| Liberation | the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release |
| Monroe Doctrine | A US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries in 1823. |
| James Monroe | 5th President of the United States. |
