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This is a 12 page paper that provides an overview of the age of Empires. Definitions, short answers, and thesis statements are given. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Bolivar Definition: A military leader from Venezuela, helped to gain independence of Hispanic-Spanish America from Spain. Significance: Helped to establish free republic that would become Colombia; also helped to
free Venezuela, Ecudaor, and Bolivia. 23. Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Definition: A major figure in the Mexican War of Independence, fought in 1810, captured and executed in
1811. Significance: Helped to initiate the rebellion to free Mexico from Spanish rule; victory won after his death. 24. Gran Columbia Definition: Centralized government encompassing modern-day
states of Brazil, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia, as well as other coastal regions. Significance: This state existed as the outcome of freeing central America from Spanish rule;
it was later contested by Federalists v. centralists. 25. Jose de San Martin Definition: Argentine general who fought for independence of South America from Spanish rule.
Significance: Worked with Simon Bolivar in administering the consolidated South and Central American states after independence was won. 26. Pedro I Definition: Founder of Empire
of Brazil and also its first ruler. Significance: Was the child of rulers of Portugal, made colonial holding Brazil into its own sovereign state. 27. Political
fragmentation Definition: Term used to describe the breaking of a geopolitical region into multiple smaller regions that conflict with one another. Significance: Often historically called Balkanization, to refer to
the widespread political fragmentation that plagued the Balkan peninsula between 1817 and 1912. 28. Caudillos Definition: Spanish word meaning a political leader who rules through military power.
Significance: Historically refers to many of the military leaders who came to power during fight for independence from Spain; Francisco Franco, Simon Bolivar, etc. 29. Centralists
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