Check Your Understanding Questions
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What were the main social groups in Bourbon Spanish America?
2
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What were the four geographical regions within Spain’s intendancy system in the 1700s?
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What were the global ramifications of the Napoleonic Wars for Spain?
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What was the result of the political distance between the Spanish American colonies and their home country during the Peninsular War?
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What main social groups engaged in the Mexican War of Independence? What were their motivations?
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What was the Plan de Iguala and its role in the first independent government in Mexico?
7
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What effect did the 1812 earthquake in Caracas have on the Venezuelan independence movement?
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Why did the abolition of slavery become a goal of Simón Bolívar’s independence movement?
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What role did José de San Martín play in the Spanish American independence movements?
10
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Why was Great Britain one of the first countries to recognize Brazil’s independence?
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What did the “moderator” provided for in Brazil’s Constitution of 1824 do?