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.
4 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
interesting did not know that about Latin America
Rolando Martinez
Remember watching the video, it was very helpful
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