Simon Bolivar was the most influenced leader in the independence movement. He was a creole. In 1821 Bolivars troops defeated the Spanish in almost all of South Africa.
In 1820 the Spanish authorities asked Iturbide to lead the battle against revolutionaries, they believed he could end the movement. He switched sides because there was a revolution that was going to happen in Spain that will take away some of his powers so he decides to fight with Mexico.
Bolivar was fighting for norths independence and Martin was fighting for the south. Martin also had fought against Napoleon. Born in Argentina. He came home when he heard that Argentina was losing to Spain and he lead them to there independence. He lead troops to the Andes Mountains. This helped win Chile's independence.Spanish were surprised.
Hidalgo was the first to want Mexico to be independent. Hidalgo had meetings in his home about art and literature. Hidalgo became leader just so he could plan and defeat Spain. on September 16th he called all members of his church and asked them to fight for independence against peninsulares.
Saint Domingue was the first latin terretory to break ties with Europe. Toussaint L’Ouverture led a group to fight French settelers. in 1804 Saint Domingue declared independence.
Spanish kings made improvement. They had built roads and they began trade. The colonies were wealthy so that they had education and new ideas. People born in the colonies were called creoles people who came from Spain were called peninsulares.
the mayans created the 365 days calender. They also used slash and Burn farmia where they burned vegetation to clear land for crops. there king was there god. He could communcate with other gods. One of there rituals was human sacrafice. They predicted the world was going to end in 2012
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