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.
3 comments:
I really enjoyed watching this crash course episode in class. I feel that we should watch more of them as they relate to future chapters. John Green makes key historical facts entertaining, yet it is though to capture it all at once since he goes talking so fast.
I think more of these crash course videos should be integrated into our class. Slides are informative, but it is too many words. These videos make learning history more fun and to the point.
This crash course thing was so entertaining in class. It was silly but it definitely did the job
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