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Timeline 0 Std Unit 5

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Bourbon Reforms

  • The Bourbon Reforms (many of whcih took place in the 1780s) were enacted by the Spanish in Peru to limit the
  • authority and power of the Creoles.
  • This greatly angered the Creoles and instigated rebellion

Uprising led by Tupac Amaru II failed

  • Uprising againat Bourbon reforms (enacted by Spanish).
  • On Nov. 4th, Amaru took the local Corregidor Antonio Arriaga captive, and then he was publicly executed.
  • This revolt lasted from 1780-1782.

José Joquim de Silva Xavier Revolution

  • The 1789 revolution was one of the revolutions that took place in Brazil aginst the Portugese.
  • When his troups were defeated he was killed and he became a martyr for the cause.

Bonaparte Monarch in Spain

  • Napoleon invades Spain and places his brother Joseph Bonaparte upon the Spanish throne.
  • This causes an authority crisis in the Spanish colonies and sparks the Latin American Wars of Independence.

Decree of December 16, 1815

  • The Decree of December 16, 1815 was enacted by Don João (later King John IV).
  • It made Portugal and Brazil coequal countries

Independence of Gran Colombia

  • Gran Colombia was formally known as a Viceroyalty of New Granada given by Spanish colonial jurisdiction in South America.
  • Gran Colombia consisted of modern day countries Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela.
  • A man, Simon Bolivar, led the independence from Spain and the Viceroyalty of New Granada and renamed it to Gran Colombia and became the President of the new country.

Independance of Brazil

  • Brazil's independance from Portugal was proclaimed by Dom Pedro on September 17, 1822.
  • Many Brazilians were happy with this outcome as it was mostly peaceful and they were removed from under the Portuguese monarchy.
  • Brazil now became an empire, and their first emperor was Pedro I.

Independence of Uruguay

  • Juan Antonio Lavalleja, the head of the patriots called the "treinta y tres oreintales" announced a declaration of independence from Brazil.