tuesday

Tuesday we were presented with yet another project. This one is practically due friday. I am partnered with Nicolette H. and we are to make a powerpoint about Chilean Independence. Tuesday night I researched Chile. I knew that I would become overwhelmed so I tried to get some out of the way. Coco called that night and told me that our interview with Dr. Weiss was moved to 11, so I realized I needed to work.

Chilean Independence didn't seem particularly different from the other Latin American countries but I did find some good information.

helpful links:

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-25249/Chile

http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/HISTOR~5.htm

http://www.country-studies.com/chile/wars-of-independence,-1810-18.html

Also I have some helpful information on the World Book encyclopedia that I have on my computer.

Independence. In 1808, the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte seized control of Spain. He removed King Ferdinand VII from the throne and appointed his brother Joseph Bonaparte king of Spain. Meanwhile, a movement for independence had been growing in Chile and other Spanish colonies in South America. With the French army occupying Spain, the colonies took the opportunity to revolt.

On Sept. 18, 1810, a group made up chiefly of large landowners formed a junta (council) and declared that it would serve as an independent government. A Chilean aristocrat named Jose Miguel Carrera became head of the government in 1811. His rule was challenged by Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, son of an Irish immigrant who had been viceroy of Peru. While Carrera and O'Higgins feuded, Spanish forces loyal to Ferdinand entered Chile from Peru and regained control of the colony in 1814. Carrera and O'Higgins fled to Argentina.

O'Higgins returned to Chile in 1817 with the Argentine general Jose de San Martin. They led an army that defeated the Spanish at Chacabuco, near Santiago. On April 5, 1818, O'Higgins and San Martin won a final victory over the Spanish at the Maipo River. O'Higgins became the new nation's first leader.


BASICALLY I GOT SOME GOOD STUFF DONE BUT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE.