OTHER LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS OF THE EARLY 19 TH CENTURY. Sabrina Navarro, Sydney Hancock, and Malik Power

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1 OTHER LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS OF THE EARLY 19 TH CENTURY Sabrina Navarro, Sydney Hancock, and Malik Power

2 MEANING OF THE LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS Latin American revolutions also can be referred to as the Latin American Wars of Independence in the 18 th and 19 th centuries. These revolutionary wars against European colonial rule is what led to the independence of the Latin American states.

3 WHY DID IT ALL BEGIN? The Latin American Wars for Independence began when Napoleon Bonaparte dethroned Ferdinand and instead replaced him with his own brother. This led to Spanish power being weakened and the very first revolt by Mexico to try to gain their Independence. This revolt was lead by Miguel Hidalgo, which was unsuccessful and resulted in his execution in 1811.

4 KEY LEADERS Dom Pedro I of Brazil (IV of Portugal) (Brazil) José de San Martín (Argentina, Chile, Peru) Miguel Hidalgo (Mexico) Francisco de Paula Santander (Colombia) Antonio Nariño (Colombia) José Miguel Carrera (Chile, Argentina) Simon Bolivar

5 SIMÓN BOLÍVAR IN BUENOS AIRES Bolívar was involved in the next conflict in Buenos Aires. He and the Juntas lead a movement for the Venezuelan Independence. This was beginning to be successful until the Spanish came back and took back Buenos Aires. Bolívar was then forced to leave the country to live in exile in 1814.

6 JUST THE BEGINNING These few wars of independence were just the beginning to everything 1816 Bolívar came back to Venezuela starting the upcoming successful revolutions. He started the successful uprisings by collecting anyone that was willing to fight against the Spanish and anyone willing to lead their own Army against the Spanish government.

7 This map gives a visual image of where all the wars were located.

8 JOSE DE SAN MARTIN In 1817 Chile was defeated by Jose de San Martin This was very significant to the history of the Latin American Revolutionary wars because it was the first true victory against the Spanish that was lead by the Latin American Independence.

9 GRAND COLOMBIA Simón Bolívar began to conquer certain aspects of northern South America. This was when the anger of all the revolutions actually began to kick in for the Spanish. Despite the fact that the he and his armies were outnumbered, he still won multiple victories which in return dominated the Spanish Army. As a result of defeating the Spanish army, he then called the area Grande Colombia. The group later drifted off into their own countries which were Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador.

10 The shaded area is the area in which Bolívar called the Grand Colombia

11 MEXICO Agustin de Iturbide wanted to begin Mexican independence and took command. Began the plan of Iguala Plan of Iguala was an alliance between Guerrero the Mexican leader.

12 AGUSTIN DE ITURBIDE Iturbide ended up backing out of the entire alliance and plan with Guerrero. This resulted in destroying Spanish rule and established a monarchy in Mexico and Central America. He was overthrown and this left Mexico to be a free and independent country Central America also separated into individual countries.

13 THE REST OF THE SPANISH INFLUENCE Spanish influence disappeared because of all the victories that Bolívar had with his armies that were lead by General Sucre. Peru was freed when the Battle of Ayacucho Sucre was successful in defeating the remaining aspect of the Spanish Army.

14 Latin America has become a community of free independent nations as opposed to colonies under the thumb of Spanish Rulers (Rio, 146).

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