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Title: The colonists in the Spanish Empire had many reasons to resent Spanish rule.


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  • The colonists in the Spanish Empire had many
    reasons to resent Spanish rule.

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  • The Spanish government controlled trade for the
    benefit of Spain. The colonies had to buy
    manufactured goods from the home country and sell
    their products to Spain.

3
  • The unequal distribution of wealth and power
    among Latin Americans created another source of
    resentment.

4
  • Creoles, colonists born in Latin America to
    Spanish parents, wanted more power for
    themselves. They were wealthy landowners and
    mine owners but they were not appointed to
    important political jobs.

5
  • The desire for revolution was strongest among the
    Creoles. They were well-educated and aware of
    the Enlightenment ideas behind the American and
    French Revolutions.

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  • In 1808, the discontented Creoles got their
    opportunity to begin a revolt. In that year, the
    armies of Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Spain.

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  • His brother, Joseph Bonaparte, became king of
    Spain. The Latin American colonists refused to
    accept French rule.

8
  • Revolutions broke out in many parts of Latin
    America. Even after the Spanish king was
    restored to the throne in 1814, the revolutions
    continued.

9
  • The colonists did not want to return to the old
    ways. They wanted independence.

10
  • Simon Bolivar was an independence leader of Latin
    America. He was called The Liberator.

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  • Bolivar gathered enough support to drive the
    Spaniards out of Colombia in 1819. He also led
    Venezuela to independence in 1821 and aided
    Ecuador in 1822.

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  • Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia joined together
    in one nation called Gran Colombia. It did not
    last but Bolivar dreamed of a union of all Latin
    American states.
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