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Latin American wars of Independence (South, San martin)
These war made many countries possible for their own independence It began when Napoleon Bonaparte dethroned Ferdinand and replaced him with his brother. This lead to a weakening of Spanish power in Latin America and a surge of support for independent republics. Jose de San Martin defeated the Spanish in Chile in 1817. This was the first true victory against the Spanish by the Latin Americans. This victory set off a tide of victories for the cause of Latin American Independence. -
Romanticism
Throughout the European nations, a movement called the romanticism was occurring. This movement involved the orientation that characterized many works of literature such as painting, music, architecture, criticism, and historiography in Western civilization over a period from the late 18th to the mid-19th century. it was also to some extent a reaction against the Enlightenment and against 18th-century rationalism. -
Latin america wars of independence (North, simon Bolivar)
In the meanwhile, simon bolivar egan to conquer most of northern South America. He and his armies, though outnumbered, won several decisive victories decimating the Spanish Army. Bolivar defeated the Spanish, thus liberating an area he called Grande Colombia. They would later separate into the countries Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. -
Haitian revolution
The Haitian revolution has been known to be one of the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the western hemisphere. They also ended the french control over the colony. Before the revoltion, it was known as the wealthiest overseas colony of france because of the production of sugar, coffee, indigo, and cotton created by enslaved labor force -
Greek revolution
The greek revolution happened because of the rebellion of Greeks within the Ottoman Empire, a struggle which resulted in the creation of an independent kingdom of Greece.Internal rivalries, however, prevented the Greeks from extending their control and from firmly consolidating their position in the Peloponnese.Prince Otto of Bavaria had accepted the crown, and the Turkish sultan had recognized Greek independence after years of war. -
Mexican war on Independence
Mexico was in the hands of Spanish in august 1521. A name Miguel hidalgo took the first steps of independence. Mant different leaders have come up for Mexico to have independence and many of them have rallied soldier in the attack of Spain. When there was a revolution in Spain, liberal groups of Mexico took this advantage and set up their own independence by Agustin de Iturbide in 1821. -
Brazilian independence
Brazil was controlled by Portugal since it was founded by them in the 16th century. Liberals of brazil wanted independence so General Jorge Avilez forced Dom Pedro to dismiss and banish the ministers of Kingdom and Finance. Then Pedro went to São Paulo to pledge loyalty to the Brazilian cause. José Bonifácio informing him that the Cortes had cancelled all acts from the Bonifácio cabinet and had stripped him of all the power he retained, which it finally gave a push for indepence. -
Italian unification
The Italian unification was caused because the people needed a way to unite Italy into one cultural and political entity, which was also know as the Rigsormimento, meaning resurgence. The man by the name of Camillo di Cavour, an aristocratic politician, used the realpolitik to finally reunite Italy under the crown of Sardinia. -
German unification
Prussia would soon lead other german states to form Germany as its unification. Many different german states now respected Prussia after the war on Denmark which gave Prussia a more possibility for a german unification. Many leaders have died and fought many wars were fought since Austria was never happy with what germans did. Once they have lost horribley the german leader wilhelm finally unified germany.
