Chp. 8 Voc

The top of the Spanish-American society; people who were born in Spain

Spaniards born in Latin America, were below the peninculares in rank

Below the creoles; persons of mixed European and African ancestry, and enslaved Africans

Usually wealthy property owners and nobility; argued for protecting the traditional monarchies of Europe

Mostly middle-class buisness leaders and merchants; wanted to give more power to elected parliaments, but only the educated and the land owners would vote

Favored drastic change to extend democracy to all people; believed governments should practice-liberty, equality, and brotherhood

The belief that people's greatest loyalty should not be to a king or an empire but to a nation of people who share a common culture and history

When a nation had its own independent government that defended its territory and way of life

A policy that forced Russian culture on all the ethnic groups in the empire

Strongly conservative members of Prussia's wealthy landowning class

Means "the politics of reality"; term is used to describe tough power politics with no room for idealism

Emperor

Movement that reflected deep interest in both nature and thoughts and feelings of the individual

Tried to show life as it was, not as it should be

Instead of showing life life as it was, they tried to show their immpression of a subject or moment in time