Lesson 19

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Question SA-2. Here is the text reference (p. 182/2):

A major force in Latin America had always been nationalism. It grew out of regional pride in things local or American, in contrast to those ideas and things brought over from the Old World. In the Colonial period there was a distinct current of local pride among the criollos which set them apart from the authorities sent from Spain or Portugal. This nativism, as we have seen, was a factor in creating the split which led to Independence. The Independence struggle created national symbols and myths in the form of the military heroes, their exploits, paintings of these heroes and their battles, flags, anthems, national crests and seals, and literature that exalted all of these things.