The events of the Haitian Revolution helped re-shape the country from the political system they had before, and it introduced new leaders who would become similar to those in the Spanish American Wars. ... Mulattoes were important during this time because they were not only considered to be people of color, but could also be business and land owners if they were freed. ... Toussaint was an inspiration to the hundreds of slaves and free mulattoes who were revolting. ... The remaining Spanish territories fell to San Martín's forces, but by 1825 all of Spanish America had won political in...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is one of the reasons that Latin America fights for their independence, to be free from the oppression, and the injustice that came with the Spanish monarchy. What is ironic is that, once they are free, they do the same thing the Spanish did. ... The Incas had a trade system with their rural cities, which helped the capital. ... When the Spanish arrived they take advantage of this "trade" system and used it against Latin America. ... Most of the rural population migrates to the cities in hope of finding jobs to help their families and find these inhuman conditions. ...

• Word Count: 1824
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

But it was also realized that they best helped our nation in the era helping establish morality in our youth. ... Jefferson was also an avid free speech defendant. ... He feared if the Federalists were able to wipe free speech they could eventually deny other god given rights declared by the constitution. ... But when Napoleon forced Spain to cede the Louisiana territory to France Jefferson got worried. ... Spain gave up Florida and everything they had in the Oregon Country. ...

• Word Count: 2477
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Citizenship of the Freed Slaves during and After the Reconstruction Slavery and the citizenship seem to be in contradiction of each other from top to bottom. ... In 1817, Spain signed a treaty agreeing to immediately end the slave trade north of the equator and south of the equator in 1820.   ... Citizenship of the Freed Slave is not only an event to waffle about, in actual fact its start of a new chapter in American history. "The Supreme Court decided the citizenship question for African Americans, slave and free, in Scott v. ... In the final draft of January 1, 1863, he was content to say...

• Word Count: 2175
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• Has Bibliography

Once and for all, Douglass was a free man. He was free from his slave owners, free to collect and earn an honest paycheck, free to choose his own destiny and free to work on building his American Dream. ... Later, his mother came back into his life and he taught her how to speak better Spanish. ... Baca was free at last. ... Having learned to read and write, they were both compelled to help others. ...

• Word Count: 1669
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

They could direct commerce in ways that helped them also compel Africans to wage wars that might otherwise not have been waged. ... The belief was strong among the first missionaries [who] wanted to protect the new believers at any cost from contact with the, in their eyes, godless Spanish colonists." ... After the discovery of Americas, The emperor of Spain, King Charles V declared Indians as subjects of Spain due the belief that they were innocent children of God. ... Although slavery founded the roots of today's free trade and basis for industrial enhancements, it cost a lot; suffer,...

• Word Count: 1449
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1795, Pinckney's Treaty helped relations with Spain by making a breaking point between the United States and Spanish held Florida. ... Slavery proceeded with thus did the quantities of slaves attempting to escape to the Free states or into Canada. ... The Underground Railroad was then settled in which it was a casual system of whites and free blacks that aided outlaws from the lower south (Henretta & Brody, 2010). ... Some clearly needed to be free and carry on with a life where they were no more tormented or needed to live in conditions that were no superior to those of creatures. ....

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Prince Henry the Navigator Prince Henry the Navigator seldom left Portugal, but he helped make it possible for the first Europeans to explore Africa. ... Prince Henry helped unlock the secrets of Africa. ... Just a few years earlier, Queen Isabella of Spain hired a sailor from Genoa to reach India by sailing west. ... Liberia Liberia is a West Africa nation originally founded by freed slaves from the American South between 1820 and 1865. ... Tolbert, was the grandson of freed American slaves. ...

• Word Count: 2251
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School