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The Spanish American wars of independence (Spanish: Guerras de independencia hispanoamericanas) took place across the Spanish Empire in the early 19th century. The struggles in both hemispheres began shortly after the outbreak of the Peninsular War, forming part of the broader context of the Napoleonic Wars.
The wars of independence, 1808–26. The final victory of Latin American patriots over Spain and the fading loyalist factions began in 1808 with the political crisis in Spain. With the Spanish king and his son Ferdinand taken hostage by Napoleon, Creoles and peninsulars began to jockey for power across Spanish America.
The Latin American wars of independence may collectively refer to all of these anti-colonial military conflicts during the decolonization of Latin America around the early 19th century: Spanish American wars of independence (1808–1833), multiple related conflicts that resulted in the independence of most of the Spanish Empire 's American ...
The Spanish American Wars of Independence were a series of revolutionary conflicts from 1808 to 1826 that reshaped Latin America, leading to the fall of Spanish colonial rule.
The examples of rebellion in the British Colonies, France, and Spain empowered Latin American revolutionaries who speculated on whether independence was a realistic and viable alternative to colonial rule.
Known as the Mexican War Of Independence, the conflict dragged on until 1821, when the Treaty of Córdoba established Mexico as an independent constitutional monarchy under Agustín de...
Particularly in the 1825–50 period, Latin America experienced a high degree of political instability. National governments changed hands rapidly in most areas, which only prolonged the weakness and ineffectiveness of the emerging political systems.
The wars of Spanish-American independence were a series of military campaigns that took place in the Americas between 1809 and 1825, which resulted in the creation of more than a dozen republics in the territories that had previously been part of the Hispanic monarchy.
Latin America's break from Iberian rule began during a series of wars that erupted between 1807 and 1898. The transformation from colonial status was fueled by intermittent interruptions of royal rule, a perceived need for economic modernization, and the evolution of liberal-republican ideologies that eventually challenged the legitimacy of ...
The Latin American Wars of Independence were a series of revolutionary struggles that took place across Latin America between 1810 and 1825, leading to the emergence of independent nations from Spanish and Portuguese colonial rule.