Spanish American Vs Brazil Analysis

With other Latin American uprisings occurring Simon Bolivar led the South American independence. Bolivar was a wealthy Creole born in Venezuela but educated in Spain. Influenced by Enlightenment ideas, Bolivar called for independence for all South Americans. He gained firm control of his native Venezuela in 1819. His armies then turned toward Columbia and Ecuador. In the south Jose de San Martin rallied Argentinean forces against Spain. Bolivar and San Martin met in Peru, which became independent along with Upper Peru (Bolivia) in 1824. Although Bolivar was unsuccessful in uniting South Americans into a single nation, he is known as the continent's "liberator."

Simon Bolivar, who had a reputation of being a liberator, took center stage. The common folk began to trust his words, as he talked about fighting for the resources that were theirs, ideals taken directly from the American Revolution itself. Also with the power struggle created by the Napoleonic wars, uprisings began. The most prominent of this movement was the uprising in Chuquisaca in 1809, which led to the formation of the Government Juntas. This group focused on taking the power from the Spanish and giving it to the people. Seeing the movement in Bolivia take shape, Latin Nations such as Peru began to provide military support to Bolivian liberators. Surprisingly, America didn’t live up to its reputation, having no negative impact on this revolution. Normally, America had been notorious for backing up the dictators or colonial powers and suppressing the Latin liberators. All in all, the combination of a power struggle brought upon by foreign wars, introduction of revolutionary independence ideals, proper leadership, and foreign aid, the Bolivian revolution was successful in liberating the nation from Spanish Colonial power after 16 years of conflict.

Before 1492 many North American Indian societies got their source of nutrition through hunting, or farming. Exchanging goods and services with other societies was the most common way of expanding consumption possibilities. Goods were exchanged mainly through trade which was one of the biggest factors in bringing Native American peoples into contact with one another. As tribes established permanent settlements, many of these settlements became well known for specific products or skills. This elaborate trading system set a steady base for the economy of Indian societies.

In processes of Independence in South American and Brazil happened very differently. In the Spanish American process of revolution there were lots of movements for rebellion (Chasteen:93). Many of the movements were set in motion when the king of Spain, Carlos IV, and Prince Fernando, were captured by Neapolitan (Chasteen:92). The colonies questioned the leadership of the Spanish crown. In Mexico, two priests sparked different rebellions. Father Miguel Hidalgo gained support from indigenous and mestizo people with the phrase “Americans versus Europeans” (Chasteen:96). This turned into rebellion against the Peninsulars and, unintentionally, creole since it was difficult for the fighters to tell them apart (Chasteen:96). Father José María Morelos

Over a hundred years ago countries from the new world were under the control of big wealthy kingdoms from Europe. Then those countries decided that they didn’t want those kingdoms to rule over them and started revolutions to try and win independence. As a result we have the countries of the South America. Their revolutions were both similar and different.

State reformation began through acquiring independence. Independence was acquired by means of war and conflict. There was later American, Haitian, Brazilian, and Mexican independence. For the Haitian Revolution, a slave revolt broke out and was led by a man named Toussaint L’Ouverture. Mexico became independent due to Napoleon invading Spain and weakening the royal control of the colonies and the independence movement led by Simón Bolivar. Pedro the King’s son agreed to an independent Brazil.

The Americas, now known as Latin America, has gone through many changes in its history, from being conquered by Spain and Portugal, to the people fighting for its independence and finally, making a living as newly independent countries. From the years 1850 to the end of the 19th century, each region had influences, specifically those that dealt with the after effects colonial rule had on the land. Nations that made up Latin America began modifying different portions in their government in attempts to benefit the majority of the people. More or so, they accomplished this goal, each with their own challenges. Evidently, changes within the social, political and economic systems were focused on external factors.

Thesis: The policies instituted under the rule of the Bourbons heightened social tensions between the creoles and pennisulares, and when combined with enlightenment ideas from Europe led to South American Independence led by revolutionary leader Simon Bolivar.

From the 1500s through the 1800s, the Spanish had controlled large areas of the modern-day Southwest and West Coast of the United States. The Spanish had controlled, enslaved and killed many Native Americans, Indians and Africans and in Spain, resulting in a cultural blending and a rise to a new social structure. Between 1810 and 1826, the Creoles led the revolution across Latin America due to resentment over the Spanish government’s massive control over North and South America, especially against the minority peninsulares, or Spanish-born Spaniards. having social conflicts with political power, demanding economic control and complexities with self identity have all led to the revolt against the peninsulares and for independence.

Up until the 20th century, America had only attained a notable relationship between Cuba and Mexico, any other relationship between other Latin American countries was due to small levels of trade. The majority of Latin-American countries were colonies of the Spanish Empire except Brazil which was ruled by the Portuguese Empire. Between 1808 and 1826, all of the colonies; excluding Cuba and Puerto Rico, gained their independence from their European powers that had controlled them for the previous three centuries. The causes for many of the battles of Independence were due to long-term increase in tensions and radical reforms

When a revolution starts, it takes a large group of people who passionately want change and they have to be willing to risk their lives. The passion needed for a revolution was the passion the Latin Americans had. In

Author Neil Faulkner explains in brief the brilliant mind who redeem South American colonies independence. Simon Bolivar who originated from a venezuelan background and also known as the “El libertador” just like his honorable nickname his goal was to free the South American from the spanish restrictions. Following that, I restate this portion from the article “Bolivar held the revolutionary movement together through the dark night of Venezuela’s counter-revolution. He imposed centralised authority and rebuilt the army”(Faulkner) because his made focus was to establish a sense of independence, human rights, and justification with in winning this battle.

The author argues that the Latin American CEBs strengthened the fight for democracy while the Protestants did not contribute much to the fight. A critical examination of the context reveals that religion only had a small part in the liberation of Latin Americans. The role of religion is mainly limited to social change and promoting people to make independent decisions and yearn for self-governing. Religion paved the way for economic, political and historical factors that led to the gaining of independence and democracy. The paper shows that religion only forms one part of the struggle for independence even for Afro-Brazilians. This is crucial in introducing other political factors that were in play during the abolishment of slavery in Brazil. The paper also shows the importance of religion as a social construct for a society. After the abolishment of slavery in Brazil, many liberated Afro-Brazilians constructed their cultural identity around church practices and rituals. Despite the differences in practices, religion remains as one of the unifying factors of community, and this helps in nurturing and advancing democracy.

In the 1920s and 1930s intellectuals and statesmen in Latin America began to adopt ideologies of race mixture in an effort to advance nation-building projects based on notions of inclusion and racial equality. These notions which where said to promote racial inclusivity included mestizaje. The ideology of mestizaje often times enabled exclusion through racial terms and marginalization. In order to grasp how such an ideology has created a paradoxical and contradictory outcome politically, economically, and socially for black communities in Latin America one must draw from real world examples. Two examples of Latin American countries that have experienced marginalization of their black communities are Columbia and Mexico. Before one can enter a conversation on the process through which black communities are marginalized in Latin America it is essential to define a few terms. First one must define what Latin America encompasses. Latin America’s dictionary definition is that it is the part of the American Continents South of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken. However, Latin America also has an ideological meaning that was defined in lecture by Professor Campos as “as an idea thus signified a “restoration” of western civilization in the Americas”. The next term that one must define is mestizaje is ideologies of national identity that celebrated race mixture as an important component of regional and national culture. Race is a way to

As stated earlier, the analysis puts into view the social, economic and political structures that were introduced by the Spanish and how they contributed to the high levels of social and economic inequality in the region. The group of focus was the Spanish who, together with the Portuguese, had plenty of control of the Americas during the 16th century. Some of the highlighted that factors that contributed to the social and economic inequality include slave trade, monarchical control and the decline of Spain that resulted in rivalry among other European