Why Did Simón Bolívar Lament That "Those Who Have Served

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Essay

Why did Simón Bolívar lament that "those who have served the revolution have plowed the sea"? What was his dream for Latin America? Why was he so disappointed? Could similar arguments be made about the other revolutions discussed in the chapter? Did these revolutions turn out to be something very different from what their founders envisioned? Look at Map 25.3,Latin America in 1830.How was Latin America transformed by revolution?

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Definitions:

Recessive Trait

A genetic trait that is expressed in the phenotype only when two copies of the recessive allele are present, one from each parent.

Codominance

A genetic situation in which two alleles of a gene contribute to the phenotype of the organism in separate, distinctly observable ways.

Dominant Traits

Genetic characteristics that are expressed in an organism even when only one copy of the gene is present.

Incomplete Dominance

A genetic phenomenon where the phenotype of the heterozygote lies somewhere between the phenotypes of the two homozygotes.