HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Authoritarianism, Ferdinand Vii Of Spain, Peninsulars
24 Oct 2017
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The challenge of modernity in latin america: mexico. The impact of the atlantic revolutions, was important, weakened the legacy of european colonialism on the continent and by the convulsions wrought by napoleon"s occupation of spain and portugal. Central and south america had been dominated by the spanish and portuguese since the 16h century: hence the term latin america after the introduction and rise to predominance of the spanish and. Over the next 3 centuries the spanish and portuguese divided up the continent into colonies and exploited the land and its people for mineral wealth gold and silver. Also imported large numbers of enslaved people from africa to work on plantations, such as those who produced sugar canes. By the end of the 18th century multi-ethnic societies had evolved in latin america, similar, but distinct, from those in north america. It"s important to understand the meaning of some historically specific terms for this region.
