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FRANÇOIS DOMINIQUE TOUSSAINT-LOUVERTURE
Jean Jacques Dessalines finally defeated the French
troops -
HAITI AND SANTO DOMINGO
Declared the independence of Haiti. It was, thus, the second independent country in America, in this case, led by blacks. -
INFLUENCE OF US INDEPENDENCE AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
Napoleon imprisoned Charles IV and his son Ferdinand VII and forced them to abdicate in his favor. Then, he named his brother,
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INDEPENDENCE OF SOUTH AMERICA
Was the historical process of the
rebellion of its inhabitants against Spanish colonial rule and the formation of independent national states. -
FROM THE BOARDS TO THE WARS OF INDEPENDENCE
After the defeat, the armies of Lima and Bogota occupied the city, and a year later murdered 300 patriots and citizens, which shook entire America. -
REACTION OF THE SPANIARDS
Reaction of the Spaniards led to the polarization of the positions and the creole elites multiplied -
ARGENTINA, PARAGUAY, AND URUGUAY
organized three military campaigns to subdue the Spanish forces in the interior, but they were not successful. However, a revolution spontaneously broke out in Asuncion and the resulting government-held independent. -
INDEPENDENCE OF SOUTH AMERICA
When Fernando VII returned to the throne patriotic military campaigns subsisted in Venezuela and the Río de la Plata. -
MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE
The command was taken by another priest, José Maria Morelos, who led the second stage of the revolution (1811-1815). He introduced a liberal state and agrarian reform -
INDEPENDENCE OF SOUTH AMERICA
Para sofocar el movimiento independentista, Fernando
VII ordenó organizar la denominada "Expedición de mantenimiento de la paz" que, al mando del mariscal Pablo Morillo, zarpó de Cádiz -
NEW GRANADA AND VENEZUELA
Morillo soon resumed control of Venezuela and New Granada. Bolívar, Piar, Páez, and other Venezuelan leaders reactivated the war. Bolivar -
INDEPENDENCE OF CHILE
Crossing was epic, but, as they had planned, the six columns met less than a month later in the Aconcagua Valley and although it suffered a serious defeat in Cancha Rayada -
BRAZIL: MONARCHICAL INDEPENDENCE
Juan VI returned to Portugal, leaving his son Pedro de Braganza as governor of Brazil, but the following year he proclaimed himself emperor of Brazil -
INDEPENDENCE OF ECUADOR
The arrival of the patriot army commanded by Antonio José de Sucre, and its triumph in Pichincha -
SAN MARTIN AND BOLIVAR
In their meetings in Guayaquil Bolivar, liberator, and president of Gran Colombia, and San Martin, protector of Peru, talked about what
was missing to complete the freedom of America: the defeat of the last realistic bastion in Peru. -
BRAZIL: MONARCHICAL INDEPENDENCE
He abdicated and was succeeded by his son, Pedro II, who reigned until 1889 when the first republic was proclaimed. -
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA
when Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was proclaimed president of the Republic, Spain only recognized Mexican -
THE CASE OF PUERTO RICO
The scream of Lares, of independence against Spain, was produced. The rebellion is crushed in a short time. Puerto Rico continues within the Spanish system until the war between EE. UU and Spain. -
INDEPENDENCE OF CUBA
The USA does not want
to lose the possibility of taking over the largest island of the Antilles -
CENTROAMÉRICA
Panama belonged to the Viceroyalty of New Granada and, therefore, became independent along with Colombia.
