everyone this video is going to review

the history of Latin America all the way

from the beginning of the course to the

end there are two empires in the

Americas that you must know the Aztec

and the Inca obviously the turning point

was the rise of the European exploration

and the discovery of the Americas which

was unknown to them and they sponsored

Columbus as he tried to find another way

to the Indian Ocean spice Network now

most famously we learned about Hernan

Cortes who sailed towards Mexico and

conquered the Aztecs in 1521 and then

Francisco Pizarro who conquered the

Incas in 1533. how were they able to

maintain that rule especially across an

ocean each Vice royalty was governed by

a Viceroy or a governor who would then

report back to the crown new developed a

colonial economies in the Americas

largely were dependent on agriculture

and they introduced new labor systems

including Channel slavery including

indentured servitude the encomienda and

the Hacienda system at this time

European powers were driven by

Mercantile ISM this Collision of these

two worlds old and new brought a

Floodgate Of effects and consequences

known as the Colombian Exchange the

Colombian Exchange will exchange goods

animals and disease which will cause

massive population loss in the short

term however over the long term The

Exchange will actually increase

population the mixing of ethnic groups

resulted in new groups of multi-racial

people such as mestizos who are

partially native and partially European

or mulattos who are partially African

and European now the first major

political revolution in Latin America

which includes the Caribbean was in

Haiti in Haiti's story it began as a

slave revolt and will result in the

elimination of slavery there and

established the Republic of Haiti now

Tucson luvatore is the guy that you must

remember for his leadership Central and

South America also had other revolutions

known under this umbrella term is the

Latin American Revolutions in South

America a creole named Simon Bolivar was

greatly impacted by the American

Revolution and also wanted to create a

Confederacy of states in South America

he was known as The Liberator and he's

someone that you must know about it's

important to remember that the other

Revolution that was shaping the world at

this time was the Industrial one and so

they became focused on export Industries

now World War One started in Europe in

1914 now the closest connection for sure

that you would find is the Zimmerman

Telegram things actually really got to

be heated up during

the cold war after World War II was over

when Fidel Castro led a successful Cuban

Revolution and Cuba became openly

communist and an ally of the Soviet

Union

the United States attempted to overthrow

Castro covertly can't forget about the

World Cup and of course NAFTA what's

next only time will tell keep studying

check out the rest of these videos you

can do this and good luck as you go on

I'm Steph gerkas and we're going to see

you next time