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San Martin had a military career in Spain
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San Martin was a loyal officer of the spanish monarchy for 20 years
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The Creoles wanted to be superior to the peninsulares
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SM heard about the Argentinan revolution and he decided to go back to south america
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San Martin granted Argentina Independence
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San Martin traveled across the andes and granted independence to Chile. He was offered to be the dictator of chile but he declined.
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San Martin and Bolivar meet. Simon said he wanted democracy but San MArtin stated that they werent ready
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The countries they liberated had weak democracy, causing them to become corrupt. They became trade dependent to the USA