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spain
the spanish controlled trade and used it to benefit spain economy colonies were completely controlled by spain all the wealth and money was kept only in spain and not in its colonies only peninsulares. people born in spain and of spain parents could hold important jobs and the people who were the key leaders was phillip v -
haitian
haiti a french colony saw the time was right to rebel because of france turmoli in its country haiti people took over the country and made it a free country this set an example to the rest of latin american and started a huge movement for freedom and was led by Jean-Jacques Dessalines, -
napoleon
napoleon takes over spain and portugal though bad feelings had already existed towards spain. during napoleon rule the colonists were treated with even more disregard and rebellions started to break out in latin american -
mexico
inspired by haiti revolt and angered by napoleon taking over spain two catholic priests from mexico started a revolt in mexico. it became a role model for other spanish ruled countries at the same time jose de san martin fransisco de miranda freed argentina from spain but led by the mexican spaniards mestizos and zambos. -
the liberators
simon bolivar one of the main liberators began revolts in chile,colombia,peru,bogota,bolivia and ecuador. bolivar freed a lot of countries and was the most important person in the latin american revolution. he was known as the liberators for his marvelous success -
napoleon came back to power
napoleon came back to power after being exiled this became another reason for the creoles to continue fighting for freedom. simon bolivar had gained freedom in many more more countries in the next few years the rest of the latin americans countries gain their freedom -
argentine
The territory of modern Argentina was part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, with its capital city in Buenos Aires, seat of government of the Spanish viceroy. Modern Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia were also part of the viceroyalty, and began their push for autonomy during the conflict, becoming independent states afterwards. -
peru
in 1811 that culminated in 1824 with the defeat of the spanish empire in the battles of junin and ayacucho during the previous decade peru had been a stronghold for royalists who fought thought in favor of independence and was led by jose de san martin -
brazilian
brazil was the biggest colony in latin american was by portugal by 1815 brazil was a self governing system even thought it was still owned by portugal because brazil was so large its freedom give a huge boost to the other countries fighting for freedom and was a decision by king dom joao VI -
usa president monroe
latin was a profitable trading route for the usa president monroe decided to take action in 1823 he created a new set of laws called the monroe doctrine it stated that spain could not take over any american countries if they did it would be considered as a threat to out safety and spain would be removed immediately.
