Latin American Revolution Research Paper

     Latin American Independence was the drive for independence from Spain and France by the Latin American people. There were many contributing factors that ultimately led to the uprising of Latin American colonies. Europe's strong hold on the economic and political life of Latin America, was creating friction between the Latin Colonies and the European nations. Eventually, this would become enough for the Latin American people and the drive for independence from France and Spain would begin.

In “ A Modest Proposal”, Jonathan Swift mainly targets two audiences: one being the English who were purchasing all the land in Ireland and the Irish themselves. After he wrote his proposal, the English purchased about 90 percent of the land, causing rent to increase thus, a difficulty for farmers to pay for rent, and a struggle to provide for their families. Since Irish families were larger in size, it was of great difficulty to care for every individual, hence the number of beggars rose dramatically. In addition, the English parliament ratified laws that restricted rights of the Irish living in their native land. More importantly, Swift attacks the English for their prejudice and political injustices, as well as displeasement with

While nearly halfway across the world from France, the Latin American and French Revolutions share many similarities in their causes, especially when considering economic distress and governmental abuse of power. Focusing on the economy, these two revolutions can both be traced back to food shortages and resulting inflation. In a 2002 analysis of colonial Mexico by Alan Knight, the historian notes how a drought led to food shortages and massive inflation while simultaneously hurting the rest of the Mexican economy. Revolution Doc. 8)

The Latin American revolution did not fulfill the goals of the revolution. Although they gained independence from Spain, the social construct did not change. This is the opposite of the Haitian Revolution. In Haiti, the slaves fought against slavery in many violent protest including burning of plantations. Ultimately, the whole social construct reversed from French officials and les grands blancs on top and the slaves on the bottom to les grands blancs not being a part of society and the slaves on top. In the long run, the large plantations supported the whole economy of Haiti and once slavery was abolished, the small farms did not come close to the same profit. In this way, the economical impact of the revolution was not successful, but the

After the age of enlightenment, colonies and nations around the world began questioning their rulers and ruling nations. Liberal and nationalist ideas spread across Europe and the world, especially after the French Revolution. When these beliefs spread to the colonies of America, independence movements and revolts occurred. The Latin American revolution and Haitian revolution were both significant events during the 19th century that affected both their respective nations and the world. While both revolutions resulted similarly such that a social hierarchy based on race existed after independence, they differ in that while the Latin American revolutions placed an emphasis on ending the Spanish casta system, Haitian revolution was based on freeing slaves.

Brittmarie Janson Perez, author of Political Facets of Salsa, writes, “Late at night, in a discotheque in a Latin American country whose political system is dominated by the military and is not particularly known for its respect for human rights, a crowd is dancing salsa, a generic term covering Caribbean dance music” (149). This has been and continues to be a very commonly accurate depiction of many Latin American countries. Since Cuba was founded in October 1492, its government and politics has been characterized by brutality, corruption and instability. Nonetheless, involvement from foreign nations and its deeply engrained Spanish roots has without a doubt had a significant impact on the transformation of what Cuba is today. In this paper, I will explore the pros and cons of the 1959 Cuban Revolution through the examination of the historical context of politics and how it impacted the social atmosphere.

One of the first areas in Latin America to be affected by the Cuban Revolution was the small Central American country of Nicaragua. Cuba prior to the Cuban Revolution, was under a dictator and many people lived in poverty, and in the 1960s Nicaragua was faced with same problem. The fact that Cuba was successful in their revolution, inspired the Nicaraguan Revolution. Nicaragua like Cuba had undergone major economical expansions, but these expansions only benefited a small portion of the population. According to John A., Booth, Wade, Christine

Start of the twentieth century it seemed like El Salvador finally establishes a viable government and began building an economy (Background, 2012). Then, the economic crisis of the 1930s occurs and the international markets plummeted and so did El Salvador. Externally, El Salvador was not a huge contender in global markets, but internally the social, political and economic environment in El Salvador was becoming tense and in 1932 the peasant workers in the rural countryside raised up against the land elites (Benavides, 2008). The

Oligarchy controlled the country for their benefit disregard the living situation of less fortunate. The oligarchy would fight anyone to keep their power over society as written in Causes for Civil war and Failed Revolution in El Salvador,“The oligarchy made it clear that they would not give up their status in society, and that they would fight the masses , as well as discredit the military in order to maintain the status quo” ( Kyle 10). They should have work with the poor, then revolution would have benefit everyone and speed up the process of it to being completed by reaching it goals of free political right and agrarian reform and land reform. Thier manipulation of military add to many issues faced by peasants from massive

Throughout its history Mexico has had many revolutions. The most famous perhaps is the Mexican Revolution from 1910-1920. The people of Mexico were getting tired of the dictator rule of President Porfino Diaz. People of all classes were fighting in the revolution. The middle and upper classes were dissatisfied with the President’s ways. The lower and working class people had many factors such as poor working conditions, inflation, inferior housing, low wages, and deficient social services. Within the classes everyone was fighting; men, women, and children all contributed to the fight for freedom from Diaz (Baxman 2). This revolution proved to be the rise and fall of many leaders.

The Independence of Latin America was a process caused by years of injustices, discriminations, and abuse, from the Spanish Crown upon the inhabitants of Latin America. Since the beginning the Spanish Crown used the Americas as a way to gain riches and become greater in power internationally. Three of the distinct causes leading Latin America to seek independence from Spain, were that Spain was restricting Latin America from financial growth, (this included restrictions from the Spain on international trade, tax burden, and laws which only allowed the Americas to buy from Spain), The different social groups within Latin America, felt the pressure of the reforms being implicated on them

The reason I chose the American Revolution as my topic was mainly because to me I thought it was very relevant subject to speak upon and not many of us have knowledge of how we even became the United States of America. Basically the American Revolution was one of many steps taken to develop our democracy type of government that we do have today. Also it tells about how the original thirteen broke away from the British harsh government taxes. To be honest I chose this topic simply because it was and I’ve done a report on this back in grade school. These are the causes that led up to the war (not the signing because its already prior knowledge)

Growing up in New York wasn't very easy my brothers & I face a lot of obstacles everyday . Due to the fact that my Parents would have to wake up at around four o clock for work . That would leave my brother Taffari & I in the streets of Queens alone it wasn't the easiest thing to get use to especially because there is so much violence in our neighborhood. One of the main challenges we had to deal with growing up was running from dogs. Their is a big number of stray dogs in New York so many people are selfish when it comes to animals when in port St Lucie you don't see dogs walking around . We had 2 very enormous Pit bulls that was in the direction of the way we take to go to school the pits had no owners these dogs barley ate the only food

Over the course of history different revolutions have come and gone, bringing along promises of social, economic, and political change. However, the price of change isn 't always smooth and effortless. Revolution doesn 't bring change at the blink of an eye, it takes time for the achievements of a revolution to come to full fruition. It is almost inevitable that a revolution will have its failures along the way, but these failures don 't overshadow the success of a revolution. It is not until the common good is met that a revolution is deemed successful. When I talk about the common good, I mean that which benefits society as a whole rather than an individual or a minority. The waves of revolution and presidents in Mexico from 1910 to 1946 aimed at achieving the common good, and some presidents succeeded more than others. This can be anything from social services such as free health care and education, to freedom of speech and free elections. When it comes to quantifying the success of a revolution, one must keep in mind the larger scope, not whether a revolution brings immediate change but rather change felt down the road. The most important outcome of a revolution is identifying whether or not it brings forth change. Did the waves of revolution bring change to Mexico or was this change just a mere illusion?

Anastasio Somoza would rule Nicaragua until 1956 when he was assassinated by a young college student. Upon the death of the elder Somoza, his two sons would take control of the country (Walker 1981). Luis Somoza would take control of the Presidency and his brother Anastasio Somoza Debayle would control the National Guard (Walker 1981). The policies of Luis would line the pockets of the wealthy and ignore the poor, while Anastasio would use the National Guard to brutally quell any uprising or political opponents (Walker 1981). After Luis became ill, Anastasio would take control of the presidency and command of the National Guard. 1960’s Nicaragua was a country mostly void of a middle class, there was the upper class who were close to the regime and then was the poor working class who had no voice in the government. The majority of the country was fertile farmland where those who worked the fields were poor farmers who could not own the fields that they worked. The mountains around the Honduran border were populated with poor villages who, like the farmers, had no say in the government. The education system was poor and there was a high illiteracy rate. With no way to have their voices heard, most of the population had some discontent with the Somoza government. Because of the oppressive government there many citizens who were unhappy and many uprisings were attempted (Walker 1981). One such uprising was the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) who was more commonly