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  • Mexico Ends Spanish Rule

    Mexico Ends Spanish Rule
    On september 16, 1810, he range the bells of his village church. When the peasants gathered in the church, he issued a call for rebellion against the Spanish. Today, that call is know as the grito de Dolores
  • A cry for freedom

    A cry for freedom
    In 1810, padre Miguel Hidalgo a priest in the small village of Dolores, took the first step toward independence. Hidalgo was a poor but well-educated man. he firmly believed in enlightenment ideals.
  • Creoles lead independence

    Creoles lead independence
    Napoleon's coquest of Spain in 1810 trigered revolt in the Spanish colonies. Removing Spain's king Ferdinand 7, Napoleon made his brother Joseph king of Spain. Many creoles might have supported a Spanish King. However, they felt on loyaty to a king imposed by the French.
  • Simon Bolivar

    Simon Bolivar
    Simon Bolivar's native Venezuela declared its independence from spain in 1811
  • Simon Bolivar

    Simon Bolivar
    Twice Bolivar had to go into exile. A turning point came in August 1819. Bolivar led over 2000 soldiers on a daring march thought the Andes into what is now Colombia.
  • Jose de San Martin

    Jose de San Martin
    San Martin's Aregentina had declared its independence in 1816
  • Jose de San Martin

    Jose de San Martin
    however, Spanish forces in nearby Chile and Peru still posed a threat. in 1817, San Martin led abn army on a grueling march across the Andes to chile. He was joined there by forces led by Bernardo O'Higgins, son of a former viceroy of peru. With O'Higgins's help, San martin finailly freed Chile.
  • Simon Bolivar

    Simon Bolivar
    By 1821, Bolivar had won Venezuuela's indenpendence. He then marched south into Ecuador. In Ecauador, Bolivar finnally met Jose de San Martin. Together they would decide the furture of the Latin Americans revolutionary movement.
  • Jose de San Martin

    Jose de San Martin
    In 1821, San Martin planned to drive the remaining Spanish forces outm of Lima peru. But to do so, he needed a much larger force.
  • Jose de san Martin

    Jose de san Martin
    San Martin and Bolivar's discussed this problem when they met at guayaquil, Ecuador , in 1822
  • Jose de San Martin

    Jose de San Martin
    As San Martin left his army for Bolivar to command. With unified revolutionary forces, Bolivar's army went on to defeat the spanish at the battle of Ayacucho (peru) on December 9, 1824.