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Latin American Independence - Coggle Diagram
Latin American Independence
The causes of independence
Encouraged by
French Revolution
Spanish War of Independence
American Revolution
Great Britain gave financial assistance
Wanted end to Spain's dominance trade with America
Influence of Enlightenment ideas
Were brought by
Creole students
Spanish directors of trading companies
Creole bourgeoisie wanted
End to dependence on Spain
Political and economic control of colonies
The sequence of events
Began during Spanish War of Independence
New Granada (Santa Fe de Bogotá) and Venezuela
Simón Bolívar led a liberal bourgeois revolution
First Venezuelan Republic
Río de la Plata (Buenos Aires)
José de San Martín led a series of revolts
Chile
Uruguay
Argentina
Peru
In New Spain (Mexico)
Hidalgo led a social uprising
Fernando VII tryed to stop revolts
Only successful in New Spain
Process of independence advanced
Because of
British military and economic support
Political instability in Spain
Chile's independence
Because military victories of
José de San Martín
Chilean General O'Higgins
Simón Bolívar defeated the Spanish
Established Gran Colombia
Made up of
Colombia
Ecuador
Venezuela
Military victory of General Sucre at Ayacucho
Led to independence of
Peru
Bolivia
The consequences of independece
For Spain
Loss of the American colonies
Reduced Spain's international prestige and power
Spain became a second-rate power
Spanish economy suffered
Spain lost trade monopoly over American colonies
Crown stopped receiving large amounts of riches
Lost hegemony over Latin America
For new South American countries
New countries were formed
Argentina
Mexico
Venezuela
New republics came under influence of Great Britain
Creole bourgeoisie gained
Political power
Economic power
Establishment of free trade damaged economies of countries
