| A | B |
|---|
| Haiti | First African colony to free itself from European control...even though not in Africa |
| peninsulares | colonists of Spanish colonies who were born in Spain |
| creoles | Children of peninsulares born in colonies, not in Spain |
| mulattos | persons of mixted European and African ancestry |
| Simon Bolivar | "Liberator" in South America--Ecuador, Colombia, Venzuela |
| Jose de San Martin | "Liberator" in South America--Chile, Argentina, Peru |
| Miguel Hidalgo | With his mestizo church following, took first steps toward Mexican independence |
| Jose Morelos | Picked up Mexican revolution from Hidalgo and fought for 4 years |
| Toussaint L'Ouverture | Original leader of Haitian Revolution |
| Jean-Jacques Dessalines | Brought Haitian Revolution to its conclusion |
| Mestizos | persons of mixed European and Indian ancestry |
| Native American Indians | Lowest valued social class in Spanish colonial society |
| African Slaves | In Spanish colonial society, ranked between Indians and Mulattos |
| Independence in Brazil | Peaceful and bloodless revolution; the result of a petition |
| Indepedence in most of Latin and South America | Civil war- type revolutions |
| Countries that were united as "Gran Colombia" | Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia |
| Countries that were united as "The United Provinces of Central America" | El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras |
| Augustin de Iturbide | Defeated Morelos, but won independence for Mexico |
