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Portugals Events before independence
Portuguese influence on the Spanish "cortes" had been effectively diminished and Spanish were occupying Portuguese posts, which made Portugal bitter about Spain. The feather that broke the camel's back was when King Phillip III pretty much had it in mind to turn Portugal into a Spanish province, which would mean that the Portuguese nobility would lose all their power and what little influence they had. -
The first battles: Portugals Independence
It is commonly known that the best kind of war is the one that's never fought. The battle of Montijo must then be the second-best type: the one where both sides claim they have been victorious. It all began with a Portuguese general, Matías de Albuquerque, who was raiding Spanish villages as part of the skirmish war, he had even conquered a small town called Montijo. -
The Last Stage: Portugals Independence
John IV died in 1656 and his wife succeeded him as queen regent (there would be a succession crisis, as most countries have had), but the king would always be remembered as the engine behind the Portuguese independence. By 1662 Spain was fed up with the Portuguese and wanted to put an effective end to what they still though of as a rebellion. -
Portugals signs for Independence
After the wars there were no more major campaigns, only skirmishes. Only after Portugal signed a treaty with France in 1667 did Spain recognize the Portuguese independence, effectively putting an end to the Iberian Union -
San Martin
José Francisco de San Martín (1778-1850) was an Argentine General, governor and patriot who led his nation during the wars of Independence from Spain. He was a lifelong soldier who fought for the Spanish in Europe before returning to Argentina to lead the struggle for Independence. -
Venezuelens Battles for independence
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Brazils Independence
The trigger event that leads Brazil to its independence is the invasion of the Peninsula by Napoleon, the same as it was for Spanish America. -
Miranda Invades Venezuela
Francisco de Miranda was a Venezuelan soldier who had gone to Europe and had become a General during the French Revolution. A fascinating man, he was friends with Alexander Hamilton and other important international figures and even was the lover of Catherine the Great of Russia for a while. All throughout his many adventures in Europe, he dreamed of freedom for his homeland. In 1806 he was able to scrape together a small mercenary force in the USA and Caribbean and launched an invasion of Vene -
Napoleon I invaded Portugal
In 1807 Napoleon I invaded Portugal, a British ally, largely to tighten the European blockade of Great Britain. The Portuguese prince regent Dom João decided to take refuge in Brazil, making it the only colony to serve as the seat of government for its mother country -
The Major Latin American Independences
Between 1808 and 1826 all of Latin America except the Spanish colonies of Cuba and Puerto Rico slipped out of the hands of the Iberian powers who had ruled the region since the conquest. -
Napoleon Invades Spain
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Venezuelen Declared provisional Independence
By early 1810, Venezuela was ready for independence. Ferdinand VII, was a prisoner of Napoleon of France, who became the de facto if indirect ruler of Spain. Even those Creoles who supported Spain in the New World were appalled. On April 19, 1810, Venezuelan Creole patriots held a meeting in Caracas where they declared a provisional independence: they would rule themselves until such time as the Spanish monarchy was restored. For those who truly wanted independence.
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Napoleon Rebels against Latin America
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Venezula Declares Independence
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Mexico Battles for Independence
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla–“the father of Mexican independence”–launched the Mexican rebellion with his “Cry of Delores,” and his populist army came close to capturing the Mexican capital. Defeated at Calderón in January 1811, he fled north but was captured and executed. He was followed by other peasant leaders, however, such as José María Morelos y Pavón, Mariano Matamoros, and Vicente Guerrero, who all led armies of native and racially mixed revolutionaries against the Spanish and the Royalists -
Mexicos War for Independent
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla–“the father of Mexican independence”–launched the Mexican rebellion with his “Cry of Delores,” and his populist army came close to capturing the Mexican capital. Defeated at Calderón in January 1811, he fled north but was captured and executed. He was followed by other peasant leaders, however, such as José María Morelos y Pavón, Mariano Matamoros, and Vicente Guerrero, who all led armies of native and racially mixed revolutionaries against the Spanish and the Royalists -
Bolivar comes back
October of 1812, Bolívar was ready to rejoin the fight. He went to Colombia, where he was given a commission as an officer and a small force. He was told to harass the Spanish along the Magdalena River. Before long, Bolívar had driven the Spanish out of the region and amassed a large army, Impressed, the civilian leaders in Cartagena gave him permission to liberate western Venezuela. -
Argentina Declares Independence
After declaring Argentina independent, San Martin lead the army across Andes to Chile, he was joined by Bernardo O’higgins, and freed Chile. Then he later freed Equador -
Countries slipping from Spain
Between 1808 and 1828 all of Latin America except the Spanish colonies of Cuba and Puerto Rico slipped out of the hands of the Iberian powers who had ruled the region since the conquest. -
Mexico Battles For Independence
1820 revolution in spain put a liberal government in power
Mexico feared the loss of influence, so they went against Spain Video: https://m.youtube.com/results?q=miguel hidalgo &sm=3 -
Venezuela is closer to independence
1819 Bolivar sent armies over the Andes into todays Columbia, and then defeated the spanish army. Which later lead to Venezuela becoming an independent nation. -
Costa Rican Independence
Costa Rica’s Independence Day is celebrated on September 15th. It commemorates the independence of the entire Central America from Spain, which took place in 1821. The news of the country’s independence reached the nation’s people about a month after the declaration of independence that occurred in Guatemala. -
San Martin and Bolivar
In Ecuador in 1822 San Martin met with Bolivar to decide how to remove remaining Spanish troops from Lima and Peru.
Battle of Ayacucho.
Dec 9th, 1824 Bolivar defeated Spanish at the Battle of Ayacucho.
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Brazil Maintains Independence
While Brazil maintained its territorial integrity after independence, the former Spanish America split into more than a dozen separate countries, following the administrative divisions of the colonial system.
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Cubas Pathway to Independence
he central leaders of the 1895 Cuban revolution were Maximo Gomez, ,Calixto Garcia, and Jose Marti. Gomez (1836-1905), who had dedicated more than half of his life to make Cuba free, became the military leader of the Cuban revolution in 1895. Garcia (1839-1898), one of the best known Cuban insurgents, was an essential factor in the U.S. military's success in Cuba. -
Maximo Gomez
Gomez (1836-1905), who had dedicated more than half of his life to make Cuba free, became the military leader of the Cuban revolution in 1895. -
Puerto Rico Becomes Independent
On September 23, 1868, a group of nearly 1,000 men rose up against Spain and declared Puerto Rico’s independence from the colonial power. -
1895 Cuban War For Independence
The central leaders of the 1895 Cuban revolution were Maximo Gomez, ,Calixto Garcia, and Jose Marti. Gomez (1836-1905), who had dedicated more than half of his life to make Cuba free, became the military leader of the Cuban revolution in 1895. Garcia (1839-1898), one of the best known Cuban insurgents, was an essential factor in the U.S. military's success in Cuba. -
Panama
Panama became a nation in 1903 when it broke away in away from columbia with help from the united states. In the 1950s a strong opposition movement arose in cuba. led by fidel castro the movement aimed to overthrow the gov of the dictator fulgencio batista.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro's Communist government came to power in Cuba in 1959 and remained in control after the collapse of the Soviet Union despite deteriorating economic conditions. In El Salvador, the United States provided military aid to crush leftist guerrillas. The conflict subsided after at least 75,000 people died.
