ShmoopTube

00:04

And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by soccer healing [Man jumps for soccer ball]

00:07

the wounds of colonialism one which was the first Latin American nation to

00:15

achieve independence from Europe anyway pendulums are at Haiti Ecuador Mexico

00:18

bruceville well these revolutions started from the bottom and now they're

00:23

here so let's do the same answer d you're up brazil brazil fought for their [Brazilian soldiers appear]

00:27

own independence against their portuguese colonists and earned it in

00:31

1822 when dom pedro the first declared brazilian independent this earned him

00:36

the nickname The Liberator which would have been a great wrestling name if he [Dom Pedro wearing a blue mask]

00:41

didn't have his hands full being Portuguese royalty meanwhile Mexico also

00:45

known as answer C declared their independence from spain in 1810 but it

00:50

wasn't formally recognized by the spaniards until 1821 eleven years later [Mexico and Spain staring at each other]

00:55

kind of like how no matter how many times you tell your mom you're too old

00:58

for cartoon character mac and cheese she still insist as usual if that'll be a

01:03

few years next up we have answered be the Ecuadorian war of independence was

01:07

bought from 1822 1822 against the spanish colony climaxing in the Battle [Ecuadorian soldiers in battle]

01:12

of cachinga to this day it remains the most fun battle to say out loud pitching

01:17

yeah and last but certainly not least actually first comes

01:22

the independence of Haiti inspired by the French Revolution Haiti decided to revolt

01:26

against France in 1804 making them the first Latin American country to achieve [France flag appears surprised]

01:32

their own independent Napoleon's army actually tried to take hey be back but

01:36

the warm climate and low altitude caused an outbreak of the yellow fever making [Napoleon laying on hospital bed]

01:41

it sort of like well twice the victory

Full Transcript