Revolutions

Title kinda says it all.

Lord Thomas Cochrane turned out to be the key to Peru.

José de San Martín gets zonked on opium and marches through the Andes.

On June 24, 1821 the Battle of Carabobo secured permanent independence for Venezuela. http://revolutionspodcastfundraiser.com/

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Do not buy land in Poyais.

In 1820 a mutiny in Cádiz changed the course of Spanish American history. .

In July 1819 Bolívar led a legendary march into the mountains to liberate New Granada once and for all.

In January 1818 Simón Bolívar met José Antonio Páez. The War of Venezuelan Independence would never be the same.

With an assist from the Republic of Haiti, Simon Bolivar launched a new expedition to Venezuela in 1816.

Enter José de San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins.

The restoration of King Ferdinand VII spelled big trouble for Spanish American Independence.

In 1814 Simón Bolívar met the Legions of Hell. It wasn't pretty.

Simón Bolívar left Venezuela in 1812. He came back in 1813.

Things did not go well for the First Venezuelan Republic.

in 1810 Simón Bolívar brought Francisco de Miranda home.

Further unrest plagued Spanish America in 1809 as the situation deteriorated back in Spain.

In May 1808 Napoleon deposed the Spanish Monarchy.

1n 1806, two invasions of South America tested the waters of independence. Also, Bolívar swears to liberate his country or die trying.

Enter Bolívar.

After the Seven Years War the Spanish American Empire was hit with an array of revolts. Also six degrees of Francisco de Miranda.

After the Bourbons came to power they reformed the Spanish Empire and along the way created the Viceroyalty of New Granada.

After Columbus "discovered" America the Spanish built up an empire upon which the sun never set.

1806-Present. Enjoy.

After declaring independence, Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the extermination of the white French.

Done at the headquarters of Gonaives, the first day of January 1804, the first year of independence.

The new nation of Haiti was born on New Years Day 1804.

In the summer of 1802 the worst Yellow Fever epidemic on record hit Saint-Domingue--making it very difficult to re-impose slavery.

With the massive expedition he assembled, Bonaparte reckoned it would take three months to retake Saint-Domingue.

In 1801 Toussaint Louverture annexed Santo Domingo and promulgated a new constitution without permission from France. First Consul Bonaparte was not amused.

From 1799-1800 Toussaint Louverture and Andre Rigaud fought a civil war for control of Saint-Domingue.

Toussaint Louverture began to craft an independent foreign policy for Saint-Domingue in 1798.

In 1797, Touissant used the conservative victory in the elections of Year V to solidify his own position in Saint-Domingue.

By mid-1796, Toussaint Louverture had no rival on Saint-Domingue. Then Sonthonax came back.

From the summer of 1794 to the summer of 1795, the future of Saint-Domingue hung in the balance.

In February 1794, the National Convention not only ratified the emergency emancipation of the slaves, they extended it even further.

Le Cap burns. White colonial rule ends. The slaves are freed.

The Second Commission was supposed to implement the Law of April 4 and defeat the slave uprising. This turned out to be harder than they thought.

With slave revolts and civil war erupting in Saint-Domingue, the Legislative Assembly abolished all racial distinctions on April 4, 1792.

First the whites revolted. Then the free coloreds revolted. Then the slaves REALLY revolted.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen sure seemed to imply that men were born free and equal in rights. In fact, it explicitly said so.

Wherein we find out what everyone thought about everyone else. Direct Link: 4.02- The Web of Tension Sponsor link: http://casper.com/revolutions

The French colony of Saint-Domingue was the single most lucrative colony in the New World.

One last look back at the pile of severed heads.

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Napoleon conquered Europe. Then he got beat and the Bourbons came back. Twitter: @mikeduncan

After coming to power in 1799, First Consul Bonaparte achieved many of the Revolution's dreams and healed many of its open wounds. So he declared himself Emperor in 1804.

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When the War of the Second Coalition got off to a terrible start for the French, the Triumvirate that had been running the Directory since 1797 was overthrown. Hey look I'm on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeduncan

While Bonaparte was off trying to conquer Egypt, the rest of Europe mobilized against France.