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Latin american history and government (New Nations (Cuba became a republic…
Latin american history and government
Early civilization
Toltec
Had the most powerful wepons
Built the city of tula, northwest of mexico city and they conquered the land all the way to the yucatan peninsula
They held a monoply, or stole right, to traid obsidian
Maya
Astronomers
Lived in the Mexican Yucatan mountains and the surrounding area
They used their knowledge on the moon, stars, and the planets to make calenders
They built large stone temples in the shape of a pyramid with steps
They used hieroglyphics
Aztec
Tenochtitlan the Aztec capital built on a beautiful island, it held about 250000 people.
Aztec farmers grew crops on floating gardens (rafts filled with mud.)
Adopted Toltec culture
Took captured of Tula in 1200 A.D, conquered neighboring peoples,and took control of the regions trade.
Inca
Many people under one ruler
The ruler found military posts and put in place a complex, or highly developed, system of record keeping
Their empire was 2500 miles long running across the Andes
Work crews built irrigation systems, roads, and suspension bridges that linked regions of the empire the capital Cuzco
What is now Peru, in the 1400's this had a powerful civilization.
Olmec
They built pyramid shaped stone temples
The first civilization, which lasted 500 B.c to 300 B.C
They mined jade and obsidian
Lived in southern mexico
They farmed maize/corn, beans, and squash
Spanish explorers
The Spanish attacked the Inca with cannons and swords
The Spanish germs caused diseases that killed more Aztecs the the Spanish wepons
The Spanish got rich off of the gold and silver from the Aztecs and Incas, and control over vast territories and Spain built an empire that included much of South America, the Caribbean, Middle America , and parts of the present day United States
In the late 1400's early 1500's a Spanish army led by Hernan Cortes landed on the coast of Mexico
European rule transformed to set up colonial governments, and spread christianity among native americans
New Nations
Cuba became a republic under U.S. protection
Latin America shipped out banana, sugar, coffee, copper, and oil
Fidel Castro set up a communist state
Simon Bolivar defeted the Spanish and won freedom to Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, and Bolivia
Population growth, but limited resourses
San Martin led his army from Argentina across the Andes mountains to take spanish by surprise
New leaders in Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico, and Chile hope that they weaken the power of the wealthy and give it to the poor
Miguel Hidalgo and Jose Maria urged poor Mexicans fight for freedomfrom the spanish rule