Can somebody give me a quick rundown of the development of South America in the 1800s? I should admittedly know more about this, but all i know is that Simon Bolivar launched a vague revolution, Brazil ended slavery in the 1880s, and by 1900 Argentina was basically the US of South America economically speaking.
Latin America in the 1800s
Isaac Gutierrez
Jaxson Cook
You should listen to the Simon Bolivar chapter of the Revolutions podcast, it serves as a great intro into Latin American politics and independence.
Alexander Murphy
I suggest that you split off South America into two regions: Hispanic America and Brazil. The former Portuguese colony had quite a distinct trajectory from the other half of the continent.
Brazil became effectively independent when the Portuguese prince-regent D. João VI (or John) landed in Salvador with the royal court (c. 15000 individuals) as part of Portugal's strategy against the invading First French Empire (it was thought that the small kingdom could not withstand against Napoleon).
Brazil was then a massive colony of four million inhabitants. D. João VI transformed the colony into the acting metropole of the colonial empire, and Rio, its capital. He enacted huge reforms, creating the first official press, the first central bank, scientific and military schools, the national archives and the opening of the Brazilian harbors to friendly nations, previously subject to an exclusive trade with Portugal.
The prince-regent (then king, after his insane mother died in 1816) himself was quite a goofy guy. He was afraid of crabs and thunderbolts. He liked to eat chicken hidden in his dirty pockets and supposedly had an affair with his steward, who would play with the king's "little John". But he was also a well-intentioned monarch who would hear the complaints of every person regardless of social class (even amerindians). He envisioned a massive Portuguese-Brazilian Empire. A global state never seen before in history. His dreams however would not become a reality.
After 12 years in Brazil, a revolution breaks out in Portugal, the Porto Revolution. It was a liberal movement that aspired the end of the absolute monarchy and the return of the king to Lisbon. Powerless to resist, D. João was forced to return in 1821, but before doing so he warned his son, Pedro (or Peter): "If Brazil is to become independent, you should be the one to make it rather than any of these adventurers". A year later, D. Pedro I proclaimed the Empire of Brazil...
Elijah Green
You need to break it down into 3 places
>Gran Colombia- Simon Bolivar
>Brazil- Napoleon expelling the royal family to their colony.
>Chile/Argentina- I don't have time to tell you
You can watch Broken Mirror
Landon King
I like to count Gran Colombia and Argentina as the same revolution because the efforts were coordinated and planned in unison.
Levi Wilson
>Argentina was basically the US of South America economically speaking.
What could have been
Levi Diaz
interesting. Thanks for that.
Eli Walker
South america constantly had good times and strong men, truly a miracle.
Jaxson Johnson
you know nothing
Dylan Russell
Venezuela, after seceding from Colombia in 1830, became a warlord era tier shithole of constant conflict. There were like 12 warlords or "caudillos" ruling small territories with a president that had no power at all. There were "liberals" fighting "liberals" all the time, but in reality were just greedy fuckers killing eachother for shekels. It all came to an end with a brutal dictator that fucked all up woth roads and oil money in the 1900s.