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INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
It began with the proclamation of the Sovereign Juntas in 1809. Some of them, especially the first one in Quito, were repressed with blood and fire by the Spanish authorities. -
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Bourbon reforms stifled the economy of the colonies by impeding intraregional trade and imposing excessive taxes. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
The disputes between Spaniards and Creoles for managerial positions spread to all areas. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
The disputes between Spaniards and Creoles for managerial positions spread to all areas. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
The precursors of independence raised the alternative of the homeland as a separate entity from Spain. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
Influence of the independence of the United States and the French Revolution. Napoleon appoints King of Spain on May 5, 1808 Napoleon imprisoned Carlos IV and his son Fernando VII and forced them to abdicate in his favor. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
In many Spanish cities, Autonomous Juntas were organized that promised to govern, but were dissolved by the French. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
The Spanish authorities fiercely repressed the first of the cities to form a Sovereign Board. They tried to prevent contagion. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
The viceroys of Lima and Bogotá immediately sent troops with the order to besiege Quito, they defeated the armies of Lima and Bogotá and occupied the city. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
The military reaction of the colonial authorities was immediate but they had little success, because they did not have trained armies. The Creole reaction was increasingly strong and organized. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
In 1803, Jean Jacques Dessalines finally defeated the French troops and, in 1804, declared the independence of Haiti, the second independent country in America. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
A group of conservative creoles proclaimed independence in 1821, but only when Antonio López de Santa Anna was proclaimed president of the Republic in 183 -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
Guatemala with its provinces (Chiapas, Soconusco, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Los Altos and Costa Rica) declared its independence from the Spanish Crown (09-15-1821). -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
A year later, Guatemala and its provinces formed an independent state, of a federal nature, with the name of Provinces of Central America, its capital city being Guatemala. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
England invaded Nicaragua but was repulsed, although it was left with the enclave of Belize. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
Panama belonged to the Viceroyalty of New Granada and, therefore, became independent along with Colombia. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
The intervention of the United States precipitated the defeat of the Spanish and Cuba proclaimed its independence in 1899, although it suffered from the American occupation. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
There is a war between the United States and Spain and after the defeat of Spain, the island of Puerto Rico becomes administered by the United States and is currently not an independent country. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
The royalist army was defeated at the Battle of Carabobo, the final victory of Venezuela's independence (June 25, 1821). -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
Bolívar defeated the royalist pastures at the Battle of Bomboná, and entered Quito triumphantly (06-16-1822) and, later, waited -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
A revolution spontaneously broke out in Asunción (05-14-1811), and the resulting government remained independent. This is how the Republic of Paraguay was created. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
Uruguay, fed up with its disappointments with the centralism of Buenos Aires, and after the War with Brazil (1825-1828), would establish itself as an independent entity in 1828. In this action, Artigas no longer participated, since he went into exile in Paraguay. Another federalist initiative was led by General José de San Martín, who promoted the Congress of Tucumán, which founded the United Provinces of South America (07-09-1816). -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
San Martín was not discouraged and decided to continue with his plans, only now he had to liberate Chile first, he triumphed in the decisive battle of Maipú (04-05-1818), ensuring the independence of Chile. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
San Martín declared independence (07-28-1821) and was appointed Protector of Peru with full civil rights and military authority. -
INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
Bolívar and Sucre defeated the Spanish army in the battle of Junín (6-08-1824).
Sucre was forced to fight and destroyed the last bastion of the Spanish army at the Battle of Ayacucho (12/9/1824), which ended Spanish rule in South America.