Published on Aug 23, 2012
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.
12 comments:
I found this video very interesting as it discussed the proper definition of slavery. In today's society we use this term very loosely and in the wrong context but this video brought light to how serious the topic was.
-Bianca Campillo
This video was actually helpful for my group's Chapter 8 presentation since it spoke about how Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, and Brazil wanted their independence from the Spanish Empire.
-Janice Castro
I love John green videos because he has the ability of giving you a lot of history information in a fast pace fun way.
Fun video to watch.
Awesome ....
interesting did not know that about Latin America
Andhiny louis
I love crash course... I used their video to do a presentation on the atlantic slave trade. they're always interesting and straight to the point.
Rolando Martinez
Remember watching the video, it was very helpful
It helped shine a light on a recurring theme throughout Latin America in this time.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is a great example of female badassery! She spoke 5 languages by the age of 16! Über cool! Also, I like John Green a lot. He’s a great presenter but does speak quite fast! I liked how he called Brazil “Sexy Big Brazil”. Buahahhaa!
Crash Course is always helpful.
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