HW#18

1) Terms and Names:

Peninsulares- People that were in the highest rank in the Spanish American Society. To be one you had to be born in Spain and chosen from the king to rule over the colonies to be a Peninsulares.

Creoles- Are Spanish people who were born in the Latin American colonies. They were people that could not become leaders and rulers. The only thing they could grow up to be are generals of the Army.

Mullatos- People that are not fully Spanish they had some culture from Latin Americans as well. They were not allowed to rent land from Creoles or start small businesses.

Simon Bolivar- Highly educated as well as a brilliant general. Born in a wealthy Venezuelan Creole.

José de San Martín- A career military officer born in Argentina, simple and modest man helped Bolivar liberate much of Latin America.

Miguel Hidalgo- A priest from a small village of Dolores, a poor but well educated man; he rang the bells of his church, gathered peasants, and marched toward Mexico with an army of 60,000.

José Morelos- Another priest, after death of Miguel he took control of the peasant army, by 1813 he had control of most of southern Mexico, in the end he was captured and shot dead by the Spanish.

3)

Liberal’s main goals were to create peace and improve diplomatic relations. Bismarck on the other hand wanted to expand Prussia's territory by creating a great military. This is clearly mentioned in his speech “Blood & Iron”. Blood & Iron probably meant solving issues using violence. First he damaged Austria by taunting them to attack and wining quick victories. He avoided ruining his reputation by not attacking the Austrians but letting them get the first hit and by winning his battles quickly he increased his reputation among with National spirit. Then he provoked France to attack him by changing a telegram and angering the French and they attacked the Southern German states which were earlier separate agreed to join the Prussian nation after Prussia's victory over France. Thus he completed the unification process of Germany.