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The Republic of Spanish Haiti gained independence from Spain in 1821, was occupied by Haiti, then gained independence as the First Dominican Republic; reoccupied by Spain 1861-1865, the Second Dominican Republic gained independence but was occupied by the United States 1916-1924. The Third Dominican Republic followed the U.S. occupation. 28
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 colonies
Cuban War of Independence: Cuba Spain: Independence of Cuba from Spain after four years of American occupation: 1896–1898 Philippine Revolution Philippines Spain: Creation of the First Philippine Republic; beginning of the Philippine–American War: 1896–1903 Menalamba rebellion: Madagascar France
As well as helping Chile gain independence from Spain Cochrane did the same for Peru too by mounting an effective blockade and transporting troops. He then moved on to Brazil in their fight for independence from Portugal. At their peak by 1819 around 10,000 men from the British Isles served in South America to fight against the Spanish. [113]
The decolonization of the Americas occurred over several centuries as most of the countries in the Americas gained their independence from European rule. The American Revolution was the first in the Americas, and the British defeat in the American Revolutionary War (1775–83) was a victory against a great power, aided by France and Spain, Britain's enemies.
After achieving independence from Spain on November 28, 1821, Panama became a part of the Republic of Gran Colombia which consisted of today's Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, and most of Ecuador. The political struggle between federalists and centralists that followed independence from Spain resulted in a shifting administrative and jurisdictional ...
The European Union reached a blockbuster free trade agreement Friday with Brazil, Argentina and the three other South American nations in the Mercosur trade alliance, capping a quarter-century of ...
On 7 August 1819, he gained a decisive victory at the Battle of Boyacá, where the bulk of the Royalist army surrendered to Bolívar. On receiving the news of the defeat, viceroy Juan de Sámano and the rest of Royalist government fled Santafé de Bogotá to Cartagena de Indias. In the afternoon of 10 August Bolívar's army entered Bogotá ...