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The start of the Haitian Revolution
After years of slavery, the Haitian slaves rebel against their French owners, being guided by the Creoles, they overthrew lots of plantations overnight. The French were abusive owners and tortured their slaves if they misbehave. Fairly quickly, Toussaint L'Ouverture, a Creole, rose up to power and became a skilled general. Tousiassant was a free black man who had been a slave before, so he was able to see the story from both sides. -
The end of the Haitian Revolution
Toussaint, as the representative of the Haitian slaves, set up a meeting with the French people to try to come to an agreement. The French would not comply to treat the slaves better, so Toussaint decided to throw all French out of the Island. After a while, Toussaint would throw out all French people and take control of the island. The revolution was a success after their independence on January, 1802. Later, Napoleon of France would come over and take away Toussaint's position and kill him. -
The start of the Mexican Revolution
A priest in a small town called Dolores found out about the Enlightenment ideals and held them dearly. He would act on this on September 16, 1810, when he sounded his church bells and gathered the villagers. He preached to them why the Spanish needed to be put out of power and so the revolution began. Here, the Indians and mestizos would lead the revolution more than the other classes. Through the war there was three main leaders, Miguel Hidalgo, priest, Jose Maria Morelos, and Padre Morelos. -
The start of the South American Revolutions
The countries of South America were oppressed and controlled by the Spanish, but after many unfair years, they decided to rebel. Two Creole leaders guided revolutions, named Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin. The Creoles lead the revolution and gathered many people to form militias. The Spanish would closely rule these countries, only purebred Spaniards from Spain to ride to the top. This enraged those of the Creole status because these newcomers would not know what the land truly needs. -
The end of the Mexican Revolution
After a grueling eleven years and the deaths of many, Padre Morelos managed to finally declare their independence from Spain, making Mexico free once more. The revolution in the end was successful, and they were able to declare independence, but there were many challenges. They had three main leaders, and two of them were killed. Those of creoles status started to switch sides in fear of being killed or targetted if they did lose. -
The start of the Brazilian Revolution
The revolution began after a fight between Portugal and France for Brazil. The Portuguese royal family hid in Brazil to be protected.
After the war Dom Pedro, the king's son, stayed behind. Because of this, the Brazilians started to like Dom Pedro as a leader and started to resect him. Portugal tried to make Brazil a colony again, but the majority of Brazilians didn't like the idea of returning to a colonial status. Instead of a single class running the revolution, Brazil as whole did it. -
The end of the Brazilian Revolution
The revolution was very successful. The revolution ended with the Brazilians getting independence and in less than a year. Not only that, but there was no fighting in the revolution and the Portuguese just allowed them to have independence after King John agreed. In the end, Dom Pedro was elected to rule the Brazilians by the people of Brazil. This was one of the main reasons why King John would allow Brazil to have it's own freedom. -
The end of the South American revolutions
After long grueling marches and battle after battle, there was only one last battle left to win. In The Battle of Ayacucho, Bolivar's army took on the remaining forces and drove them out of the countries and then declared their revolution. After completely defeating the Spanish, each country was free again and the revolution was successful. In the end, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador would unite into a single country called Gran Colombia.
