Key Terms
- Cádiz Cortes
- the central Spanish junta established in the city of Cádiz that coordinated Spanish resistance to the French occupation
- creoles
- in Spanish colonies, American-born White people of European descent
- Grito de Dolores
- the “cry” of Dolores, Miguel Hidalgo’s declaration of rebellion made in the town of Dolores on September 16, 1810
- Grito do Ipiranga
- the “cry” of Ipiranga, Pedro I’s declaration of Brazilian independence, made at the Ipiranga River in 1822
- intendancy system
- the centralizing administrative system in Spanish America whereby local governments were run by governors
- juntas
- deliberative or administrative councils in Spain and Spanish America
- llaneros
- cowboys of the Venezuelan plains
- Monroe Doctrine
- a principle of U.S. foreign policy that warned European nations to refrain from interfering with independent countries in the Western Hemisphere
- peninsulares
- in Spanish colonies, European-born White people from Spain
- Plan de Iguala
- Agustín de Iturbide’s proclamation of independence creating a constitutional monarchy and protecting both the Catholic Church and Europeans living in Mexico
- viceroyalty
- an administrative subdivision of the Spanish Empire, ruled by a direct representative of the king
- Virgin of Guadalupe
- the apparition of the Virgin Mary who is said to have appeared to the Aztec peasant Juan Diego and later became the national symbol and patron saint of Mexico