Latin American Revolutions.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Crash Course World History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutions--Latin America.

Revolutions.

Independence movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 minutes)

Other Title:

Latin American Revolutions Crash Course World History

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Crash Course World History, [date of publication not identified]

System Details:

video file

Summary:

In which John Green talks about the many revolutions of Latin America in the 19th century. At the beginning of the 1800s, Latin America was firmly under the control of Spain and Portugal. The revolutionary zeal that had recently created the United States and had taken off Louis XVI's head in France arrived in South America, and a racially diverse group of people who felt more South American than European took over. John covers the soft revolution of Brazil, in which Prince Pedro boldly seized power from his father, but promised to give it back if King João ever returned to Brazil. He also covers the decidedly more violent revolutions in Mexico, Venezuela, and Argentina. Watch the video to see Simón Bolívar's dream of a United South America crushed, even as he manages to liberate a bunch of countries and get two currencies and about a thousand schools and parks named after him.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed November 16, 2021).

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