Toussaint L’Ouverture: born a slave in Haiti in the mid-1700s; led Haitian slave revolt in early-1800s before his death. Simon B
olivar: born to a noble family in what is now Venezuela in 1783; led much of South America to independence in the early-1800s. Miguel Hidalgo: priest born to a modest family in Mexico; led the Mexican independence movement in the early-1800s before his death. What conclusion can be drawn from this list of revolutionaries?
A) Elites wanted no part of independence from European colonizers.
B) A successful independence movement depended on a person's class.
C) A diverse group of people led Latin American independence movements. D) The poor were powerless in achieving independence from European masters.
The right conclusion is C) A diverse group of people led Latin American independence movements. L’Ouverture, Bolívar and Hidalgo had very different backgrounds (a former slave, a noble and a priest, respectively), yet they all led revolutionary movements that fought for the independence (or the autonomy, in the specific case of Haiti) of the various Latin American territories from their European colonizers.
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