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and Independence. Bolívar
Lesson 10A. El Neoclassicism - Introduction
10-1. What was the Enlightenment? Comment on its importance for the
independence of America.
10-2. What was the "neo" part of Neoclassicism?
10-3. What was the "classical" part of Neoclassicism?
10-4. In Neoclassicism , was the mind or the heart more important?
10-5. What was the relationship between Neoclassicism and science?
10-6. Explain the Neoclassical attitude toward the city and the countryside.
Lesson
10B. Simón Bolívar and the Jamaica Letter
10-11. How does the author's personality appear in this work?
10-12. What characteristics of the literary movement the author belongs
to appear in this work?
10-13. What important facts do we know about the author's life?
10-14. How does the author reflect his political and social environment?
10-15. What motivated the author to write this work?
10-16. What is the author's style like?
10-17. Was Bolivar's prediction regarding Argentine militarism accurate?
10-18. Was Bolivar's prediction regarding Peruvian instability accurate?
(geographically we would include Bolivia).
10-19. Was Bolivar's prediction regarding the future of democracy in
Chile accurate?
10-20. What attitude did Bolívar have toward the United States?
10-21. What attitude did Bolívar have toward Spain?
10-22. What problems does Bolívar foresee with a monarchical
system?
10-23. What problems does Bolívar foresee with a political system
based on a single great republic?
10-24. What attitude does Bolívar have toward Panama?
10-25. Why does Bolívar prefer a political system based on a
series of small republics allied in a loose federation?
10-26. What predictions does Bolívar make for Mexico?
10-27. What predictions does Bolívar make for Central America?
10-28. What predictions does Bolívar make for New Granada?
10-29. What predictions does Bolívar make for Buenos Aires?
10-30. What predictions does Bolívar make for Chile?
10-31. What predictions does Bolívar make for Peru?
10-32. What happened to Bolívar's proposal to hold an amphyctionic
meeting in Panama?
10-33. Draw a map showing the principal political divisions of the American
continent towards the end of the Wars for Independence (1826).
10-34. Explain the meaning of the phrase "I suppose that in Lima
the rich will not tolerate democracy, nor will the slaves and mestizos tolerate
the aristocracy".
10-35. Explain the meaning of the phrase "How beautiful it would
be if the Isthmus of Panama would be for us what Corinth was for the Greeks!
10-36. Explain the meaning of the phrase "the fierce republicans
of Arauco".