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The slave revolt in Haiti ends with the success of the slaves. Brief History
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Venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda tried to instigate the population to revolt against the Spanish rulers, Unfortunatley it failed. He tried several other times...but continuted to fail. Evenutally he was imprisoned by the spanish and died in captivity.
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The first uprising in Equador against Spanish rule took place in 1809.
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The Argentine War of Independence was fought by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli and José de San Martín against royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown. Argentina Independence Day
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The revolution was began and led by José de San Martín (pictured) of Argentina and Simón Bolívar of Venezuela. It was an uprising of Spanish-American landowners and their forces against the spanish.
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Chilean War of Independence, was an armed conflict between the people of Chile and Spanish colonial authorities, which started on September 10, 1810 History and Culture
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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a member of a group of educated Criollos in Querétaro. He declared war against the government in what is known as the Grito de Dolores. The revolutionary army decided to strike for independence and marched on to Guanajuato.
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In 1811, José Gervasio Artigas, who became Uruguay's national hero, launched a successful revolt against Spain.
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Paraguay gained its independence on May 15, 1811, after a plan devised by various pro-independence nationalists including Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (pictured). Paraguay Timeline
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A declaration of independence was officially issued by Chile on February 12, 1818 and formally recognized by Spain in 1840, when full diplomatic relations were established.
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An assembly met in San Miguel de Tucumán, declared full independence with provisions for a national constitution.
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Simon Bolivar, after being defeated several times, successfully created a revolution in Columbia. Between 1819 and 1820 the revolution succeeded in seperating Columbia from the rule the Spanish. Columbian Independence Day
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In 1821, the Provincia Oriental del Río de la Plata, present-day Uruguay, was annexed by Brazil under the name of Província Cisplatina
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In 1821 all of the Spanish were finally expelled from mainland Chile
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Simon Bolivar marched into Venezuela and decidedly defeated the Spanish colonial forces.
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San Martin proclaimed the independence of Peru in Lima with the words "... From this moment on, Peru is free and independent, by the general will of the people and the justice of its cause that God defends. Long live the homeland! Long live freedom! Long live our independence!"
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Representatives of the Spanish crown and Iturbide signed the Treaty of Córdoba (pictured), which recognized Mexican independence under the terms of the Plan of Iguala. On September 27 the Army of the Three Guarantees entered Mexico and the following day Iturbide proclaimed the independence of the Mexican Empire, as New Spain was to be henceforth called. War for Independence
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Antonio Jose de Sucre (pictured) succeeded in liberating Equador, and moved on to the upper region of Peru, which after their liberation, renamed themselves. They named the country Bolivia in honor of Simon Bolivar.
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Uruguay declares independence on August 25, 1825 (after numerous prior revolts) and joining a regional federation with the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, present-day Argentina. United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
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1868 when sugar mill owner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and his followers proclaimed Cuba's independence from Spain. It It was the first of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Little War (1879-1880) and the Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898). The final three months of the last conflict escalated to become the Spanish–American War.
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The Ten Years War Ends with Cuba declaring Independence from Spain
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The US joins the war against Spain and Cuba is declared independent from Spain. US/Cuban Relations Today
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