Outline of the May 14th Lecture / L. Mazzari

Resistance and Revolution in Latin America:
The Haitian Revolution, Bolivar, Liberalism, and Constitutionalism


The Atlantic World: 1776 to 1830

Europe in 1800: “A weak Spain, an aggressive France,
and a watchful Britain”

France and Haiti: The World’s First Black Republic

Spain’s Crisis of Empire: The Bolivarian Revolution

Britain and the U.S.: The Monroe Doctrine

The U.S. and Latin America: “Enlightenment comes from
them”

Today’s Bolivar: Hugo Chavez

Chavez and Bush