One of the reason of the Creoles led the fight because of social. The Creole like Simon Bolivar and with the natives for titles for ownships (Doc A). They didn’t want to believe that the Peninsulares would have more power of independence. The Creole had growing economic and social influence but the peninsulares monopolized all
Allison Yi 10/17/16 10th Grade Global History Period 7 Introduction: Revolutions were significant events in history that dramatically affected the rights of the inhabitants. The Latin American revolution as well as the Haitian revolution were led to gain independence from the colonial power of France, Spain, and Portugal. The Latin American revolution led by Simon Bolivar and the Haitian Revolution have both similarities and differences as they both started due to the want for political, economic and social changes. BP1 Topic Sentence: The Latin American and Haitian revolution were both started due to the want for social change because of the inhumane treatment they were receiving.
They were also in need of social, economic, and political reforms. To conclude, even though the French, Haitian, and American Revolutions obtained different social outcomes, they did have alike social causes and goals that came from Enlightenment ideals. Each revolution lasted around ten years (1700’s), and were overall very similar to each other. Through their social causes, goals, and outcomes, it is understandable to state that the citizens and slaves revolted for their liberty, equality, and fraternity. These colonizations fought for their rights in order to achieve freedom from abusive and unfair
In the struggle for Latin American independence, why did the Creoles lead the struggle? The Creoles lead the struggle for Latin American Independence for their personal benefits, Creoles were the seconded ranked in society class and while they had power, their power was limited they knew that by having more power, their rank in society and their size and power would increase. The Creole’s increase in power would benefit in these three major aspects, political power, economic conditions, and increase in social power. In other words, the Creoles lead the struggle for Latin American Independance for their own personal benefits.
Creoles are a result of the interactions between Africans and Europeans. “ [They] first appeared at the trading feitorias or factories” established by the Europeans in Africa. Over time they were able to act as middlemen between Europeans and Africans and even established their own language called “Guinea speech”. Unfortunately, they lost their status as middlemen when they were enslaved. Though the experience of the enslaved varied they all had less control over their lives and many of their skills had become useless and over time they were “de-skilled by the process of enslavement.”
Creoles and poorer classes began to get frustrated with the restrictions that the government had created on the economy. Merchants were forced to sell “products at artificially low prices and buy...at artificially high prices”. (Doc C)Latin Americans were also stripped of basic trading and property rights. When this started to occur, the Creoles began to try to convince the people of America that by gaining independence, they could be ruled by a class that was born in their country. This was one of the main reasons why the Creoles began to help lead the fight for independence.
Throughout history, different social sectors were kept apart for a multitude of reasons. This was no different for the late-Colonial Latin America, which had different factors tied to separations, such as the Enlightenment and social classes. Although there were great divides throughout this history, there were also forces that drew people together. The Enlightenment was a period of time that was based on the movement of intellectual and philosophical ways of thinking.
The colonists started to get angry because of the taxes being put upon from the British and it started to escalate from there. Another difference was that the colonists/Patriots had allies to fight off the British and the Haitians did not get any allies, they fought the war on their own. Unlike the reason for the American Revolution, the Haitian Revolution was about the slaves trying to gain freedom. The revolution was more of a slave rebellion and it is said that it was the most successful one in our history. These differences are significant to say that they were not common in a lot of
The Haitian Revolution is a very important role in history not only for the former French Colony Saint-Domingue but for the rest of the Western Hemisphere. Though many Americans have heard about the French Revolution the Haitian Revolution ties in deeply with their colonizer and is up for debate whether the French Revolution made the Haitian one possible as well. This insurrection would be a light for the rest of the modern world that the institution of slavery would soon become a thing of the path paving a way for freedom and equality. One of the major players in this war was the Free People of Color who went from being on the side of the white ruling hierarchy to the Slave Rebellions.
The cause of the American Revolution was the 7 Year War and the introduction of taxes, and the Cause of the French Revolution was the faulty government structure. The primary cause of the Haitian Revolution was slavery. Slavery played a major role because both the British, and the French were thoroughly involved. In addition, the Haitian Constitution’s primary goal was to end slavery. All of the three revolutions had a constitution, however, the Haitian Constitution was the only one mentioning ending slavery.
In Latin American Revolution before the revolution there were four main social classes; on the bottom there were the slaves and the Indians, then there were the Mulattoes (who were of African and Spanish descent) and the Mestizos (who were of Spanish and Native American descent), then the Creoles (who were of pure Spanish blood, but were born in America), and at the very top there were the Peninsulares (they were of pure Spanish descent and were born in Spain). The Creoles lead the fight against Spain because they wanted higher social status within their own lives, more political control over their own lives, and they were tired of Spain having total control over their economy. The Creoles weren 't allowed to do many things simply because they were born in America and not Spain, it didn’t matter that they were of pure European descent. Creoles were not allowed to hold political positions, only the Peninsulares were able to. For example, in 1807 only 12 of the 199 judgeships were held by Creoles, the rest were held by Peninsulares.
As slaves were being sold into America, a new language was created in order to act as a way of communication amongst slaves on plantations. The language is meant to be “broken” and simplistic, but nonetheless, was understood as time progressed. This then continued throughout the years to present day, making the language into a creole, the second step of the Creole Hypothesis. A creole is broadly defined as a pidgin language that is taught to second generation families and so on. This borrowed language was formed by different sources that not only retells history, but became an independent language for African Americans.
The Spanish, English, and French would all agree that the New World was a bountiful land, and a place where they could all potentially make a profit. These three groups began colonizing so they could gain profits off the land. The Spanish were mining for gold and silver, the English were harvesting agriculture, and the French were trading for fur skins, and through their attempts to gain money and power they all interacted with Native Americans. During colonization, the Spanish, English, and French treated the Native Americans they encountered with varying degrees of severity, and little kindness in most cases; consequently, their treatment heavily impacted relations with Native Americans.
The French Revolution in 1789 greatly influenced the Haitians to revolt against the government in 1791 due to the unfair rights and laws among both countries. Africans were taken from their homes and sold as slaves in Haiti in desperate need of money. Haitians were not able to trade with outside countries. Slaves also did not earn as much they worked. They were forced to work in sugar plantations and were treated poorly and malnourished.
Whites from England remain at the top of the hierarchy, followed by white Creoles. These Creoles are the descendants of generations of West Indies people; apparently not as good of a white people as those from England. In addition, the population of black ex-slaves further muddles the lines between social identities.
