HIST 1088 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Monroe Doctrine, 6 Years, Absolute Monarchy
Document Summary
The spanish american revolution and brazilian independence french revolution and napoleonic wars play a major role in the transformation of the political climate in the americas not all of the territories in latin america require a war for independence. 1808 - peninsular war provides context of napoleonic wars, multisided, center implodes and spanish and portugese empires ght wars of independence of reform, play roles also in the. Americas spain and portugal domestic political con icts as an aftermath of the napoleonic con icts swing back and forth from absolutism and liberal radical reform. Spanish invasion in new world e orts to implant christianity in place of existing religious and political structures in mexico and peru. California missions in 18th century, spanish empire is expanded boundaries of political turmoil extend deep into the us. Alessandro malaspina (1754-1810) take place in enlightenment and expansion as a show of the con dence of the empire they impose political reform.
