Chapter 01 Self-assessment

. Which of the following was NOT among the key aspects of the global so-called "age of revolution?"

Ideas about nationalism, republicanism, and the sovereignty of the people.

The beginnings of a modern, industrial and consumer-driven economy.

A revolution in communications technology that united the entire world.

The conflict between traditional religious and secular values and the new notion of equality of all citizens before the law.

. Indigenous peoples' grievances included all of the following EXCEPT

Their displacement from agricultural land and water resources by expanding haciendas.

Increasingly strict collection of taxes and forced labor service obligations by colonial officials.

The replacement of many indigenous village leaders by outside officials.

The laxity with which officials enforced the ban on alcohol consumption and other immoral vices.

. Which of the following statements about the Haitian Revolution is FALSE?

It inspired the new United States of America to consider abolishing slavery.

It was the only fully successful slave revolt in modern world history.

It was an attempt to fully bring the French Revolution's ideals to fruition in the New World.

It took place in one of the richest colonies in the Americas.

. Touissant Louverture

Was an illiterate slave who rose to become Haiti's first leader.

Hoped to apply Enlightenment ideals to Haitian society

Was mocked as "The Black Napoleon" by his enemies, due to his vanity and short stature.

Governed Haiti admirably for decades after independence but failed to prepare the country for his retirement from office.

. Factors complicating the independence movement in Mexico after 1808 included all of the following EXCEPT

Disagreements over the appropriate role of the Catholic Church.

Divisions between those content with autonomy within a reformed Spanish empire and those seeking full independence.

Inability of the insurgents to control rural areas outside the major cities.

Suspicions about racial equality and the abolition of slavery.

. Which of the following was NOT a key compromise that accompanied and facilitated Mexican independence in 1820?

People of all races and places of birth were declared to be citizens of the new country.

Mexico was to remain a monarchy, but with a liberal constitution like that of Spain's in 1812.

The Catholic Church was to remain the official religion.

A moderate land reform was to be carried out for the benefit of the rural poor who had fought for independence.

. In Spanish America as a whole in 1808, the strongest current of public opinion was in favor of

Maintaining the colonial status quo.

Immediate independence.

Autonomy or "home rule" within the Spanish Empire.

Annexation by the United States.

. The United Provinces of the Río de la Plata

Recruited up to 40 percent of its army by promising slaves their freedom.

Showed early on that the people of the region were united in their support of free trade and independence.

Relieved General San Martín of his command after he failed to liberate Chile.

Collaborated with the British in order to expel the Spanish viceroy.

. Simón Bolívar's "Jamaica Letter" of 1815

Successfully recruited black soldiers from the British West Indies to fight against Spain.

Announced his resignation from the patriot cause and his self-imposed exile.

Failed to convince new supporters that independence was a viable cause.

Showed his evolution toward greater racial inclusion.

. Which of the following is FALSE?

Many women contributed to the patriot cause by raising money and supplies.

Many women contributed to the patriot cause by serving as spies, nurses, and even soldiers.

Women's social and political gains during the wars were largely reversed after independence.

Manuela Sáenz is today reviled in Ecuador as an adulteress and seductress.

. Reasons for criollos in Cuba to remain loyal to Spain included all of the following EXCEPT

The example of Haiti's revolution.

The ongoing sugar boom that led Cuba to experience its "golden age."

Spain's defense of indigenous peoples' traditional land rights on the island.

Spanish forces' role in protecting Cuban criollos from slave insurrection and foreign invasion.

. Factors that shaped the independence and early history of the Dominican Republic included all of the following EXCEPT

The small size of its population.

A twenty-two-year occupation by neighboring Haiti.

Its inability to generate profits for Spain.

The decision of the first Dominican president, Pedro Santana, to proclaim himself king.

. When Napoleon's forces invaded Portugal in 1807, the prince regent

Went into exile in Britain.

Moved the de facto capital of the global Portuguese Empire across the sea to Brazil.

Became a prisoner of the occupying French army.

Renounced his family's right to the throne, throwing Portugal and Brazil into chaos.

. The policies of Dom Pedro (Pedro I) included

Creating a new Brazilian Empire independent from that of Portugal.

Abolishing slavery.

Resisting free trade in order to protect Brazil's economy from British competition.

Trying to break the power of the Brazilian plantation owners once and for all.

. The consequences of the independence struggles in Latin America included all of the following EXCEPT

The devastation of much of the economy in Spanish America and Haiti.

Many unfulfilled promises of a more egalitarian society.

A deeper sense of attachment to the local patria due to years of military and political mobilization.

The recognition that political change could only come from the top down.

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