• peninsulares- At the top of Spanish American society, men who were born in Spain and could hold high office in Spanish colonial government.
• creoles- Spaniards born in Latin America, ranked after the peninsulares. They couldn't hold high political office but could rise as officers in the Spanish colonial armies.
• mulattos- People of mixed Europeans and African ancestry.
• Simón Bolívar- A wealthy creole who helped many nations gained its independence such as Venezuela.
• José de San Martín- A general who helped Latin American's nations gained its independence such as Argentina.
• Miguel Hidalgo- A priest in the village of Dolores who issued a call for rebellion against the Spanish.
• José Morelos- The leader of the rebels who led the rebellion against eh Spanish after Miguel Hidalgo's defeat.

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what did he acomplioshed?
 he was the presidnt of venezuela,He created the Republic of Colombia, which consists of countries that are known today such as Ecuador and Venezuela.

Why was he so famous?
Simon Bolivar was famous because he helped many countries gained their independence from the Spanish Empire. Later on, he would become president of Venezuela as well as Peru.

Who did he work to defeat?
To defeat the Spaniard monarchy.

What was he fighting for in the first place?
He was fighting all the enemies of his home country of Venezuela in order to free the people that was oppressed by the spanish monarchy.

Name 5 countries that are mentioned in the video, and what he did in each of the five countries.

COLOMBIA =], Spain, Venezuela, Ecuador

The rescue of the 33 miners

33 men were rescued after 69 days being trapped in a mine of San Jose Chile, they spent their fisrt day out in the hospital.Officals didnt say any names of who could come out but they did say that they all corresponded good to the treatment, but 2 of them have the lung desease.

Homework #11

questions #1