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LATIN AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE - Coggle Diagram
LATIN AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
Causes of independence
Various factors of revolutionary independence movements
Enlightened ideas
Brought to America by Creole
Spanish directors of trading
American revolution
French revolution and Spanish war of independence encourage the American revolution
Great Britain
Financial assistance
Wanted to end Spanish dominance in trade
Creole bourgeoisie
Wanted political economic control
End to their dependence of Spain when it came to trade
Sequences of events
Colonies refused to accept Joseph I as king of Spain
Created councils
Removed colonial authorities, governed in name of Fernando VII
1810
Councils declared autonomy
Idea of independence began to spread
Mexico
Hidalgo led a social uprising
Santa Fe de Bogota
Simon Bolivar, led liberal bourgeois revolution
First Venezuela republic
Buenos Aires
Jose de San Martin
Led series of revolt
Declared its independence in 1811
FernandoVII
Returned to throne
Sent armies to America to stop revolts
Succeeded only in Mexico
1816
Political instability
Chile independence
1817
Chacabuco
1818
Maipu
By San Martin and General O'Higgins
Gran Colombia
Established by Simon Bolivar
1821
Carabobo
By Simon Bolivar
1822
Pichincha
Independence of Peru and Bolivia
1824
Ayacucho
By General Sucre
Consequences of independence
Consequences for Spain
Spain lost its hegemony over Latin America
Spain lost international prestige
Spain lost its trade over American colonies
Metals
Colonial products
Taxes
Consequences for South America
Creole bourgeoisie
Gain political and economic power
New countries
Venezuela
Argentina
Mexico
Great Britain
Influenced new republics
Free trade
Danged economies
Because they couldn't compete with European and North American products
