Unit 11: Paper 3 — History of the Americas (HL)
Topic 11.3: Independence movements in the Americas (1763–1860) Questions
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Which British action in 1770 saw soldiers kill five colonial protesters and was used by patriot printers as propaganda against British rule?
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In which year did George Washington secure the decisive American–French victory that effectively ended the war?
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The Boston Tea Party of December 1773 was a direct protest against which British measure?
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Whose January 1776 pamphlet, which sold over 100,000 copies, turned vague colonial anger into a direct demand for full independence?
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Which statement most accurately describes United States support for Latin American independence after 1822, according to this micro-topic?
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To what extent do you agree with the claim that economic collapse, rather than disputes over leadership, was the main cause of instability in the Americas after independence?
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To what extent do you agree that the collapse of Simon Bolivar's Gran Colombia by 1830 shows that regional rivalry, rather than any single leader's failure, was the true obstacle to Latin American unity?
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Which of the following best explains why many new Latin American governments struggled to pay their own armies after independence?
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What was a "caudillo" in the context of post-independence Latin America?
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What was decided at the private meeting between Bolivar and San Martin at Guayaquil in 1822?
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What happened to Gran Colombia, the unified state Bolivar envisioned for Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama?
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Evaluate the claim that the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 was more a symbolic gesture than a practical guarantee of Latin American independence.
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In 1816, Haiti gave Simon Bolivar refuge, ships, and weapons in exchange for what promise?
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By what year had Simon Bolivar's Gran Colombia collapsed into separate countries?
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Which act of 1765 was the first DIRECT tax imposed by Britain on the Thirteen Colonies, taxing almost every paper document?
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Which achievement allowed Jose de San Martin to achieve total surprise against royalist forces in Chile in 1817?
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According to this micro-topic, which group became the main political winners of Latin American independence?
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Discuss the view that Latin American independence was mainly a transfer of power from Spanish-born officials to Creole elites, rather than a genuine liberation for the wider population.
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Evaluate the claim that rule by caudillos (military strongmen) did more harm than good for the new nations of Latin America after independence.
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What event in Spain in 1820 disrupted royalist command in the Americas just as Bolivar and San Martin were closing in on victory?
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