latin america: annotated timeline
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Latin America: Annotated Timeline. Chapter 8. What to include Picture to illustrate event Describe event What happened When did it happened Who were the actors? How did this event influence Latin America today?. Historical Eras. 900s 1300s 1400s 1500-1800s 1800s 1900s-present day. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Latin America:Annotated Timeline
Chapter 8
• What to include– Picture to illustrate event– Describe event• What happened• When did it happened• Who were the actors?
– How did this event influence Latin America today?
Historical Eras• 900s• 1300s• 1400s• 1500-1800s• 1800s• 1900s-present day
• Affect on Europe:• Affect on Americas
• Social System:– Spaniards
(Peninsulares)– Creoles– Mestizo – Mulatto– Indigenous– African Slaves
Courtyards in homes; fountains
Decorative Tile
• Leaders in Independence Movements
Panama Canal
• 1880s-1914• Cash Tolls• Over 1 million
vessels since 1914
• Panama’s Independence
• 1970: Canal Zone
• Political Unrest– Land reform• Latifundias• Minifundias• Indigenous land rights
– Dictator Rule– Military Coup