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THE INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
The independence of Latin America was a historical process. The inhabitants revealed themselves to the Spanish colony, building nations and free states, one of which occurred in Quito in 1809. -
THE LACK OF A KING
When proclaiming the Sovereign Juntas, the South American Creoles made three theses: The rejection of Napoleon's claims of
America, loyalty to Fernando VII In Mexico, the priest Hidalgo would yield in the town of Dolores (Guanajuato, 08/16), the independence cry moved by exactly the same ideals:
Long live the Virgin of Guadalupe! Down with the bad government!
Long live Fernando VII! " -
MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE
The priest Miguel Hidalgo led the rebellion together with peasants and Indians to achieve the "cry of Independence." Throughout the years his army took several cities in Mexico until the day he was killed. Then the command was taken by the priest Jose Maria Morelos but a couple of years he was shot then a group of conservative Creoles proclaimed independence in
1821 -
THE WARS OF INDEPENDENCE
The Spanish authorities fiercely repressed the first of the cities to form a Sovereign Board. The Viceroys of Lima will send troops to Quito, but after the defeat, Bogota suffered more damage since 300 patriots and citizens were murdered. -
URUGUAY
In the Banda Oriental, the rural population rose up against the Spanish authorities in Montevideo. Colonel José Artigas commanded the revolutionary troops that defeated the royalists at the Battle of Las Piedras (05-18-1811) and besieged the Walled Montevideo, where the viceregal government had moved. -
three military campaigns
The first Junta de Buenos Aires (25-051810) organized three military campaigns to subdue the Spanish forces in the interior, but they were not successful. However, a revolution spontaneously broke out in Asuncion (14-05-1811), and the resulting government-held independent. This is how the Republic of Paraguay was created. -
South American Independence
Simón Bolívar-Member of the Caraqueña boards of
1811- he was appointed new military leader, and in 1813 he liberated Mérida and Caracas in the so-called Admirable campaign, cities that gave him the title of "Liberator", -
INDEPENDENCE OF ARGENTINA
La Declaración de Independencia de la Argentina fue una decisión tomada el martes 9 de julio de 1816 por el Congreso de Tucumán, por la cual declaró la formal ruptura de los vínculos de dependencia política de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata con la monarquía española. -
FUNDATION OF LA GRAN COLOMBIA
Gran Colombia was a country in South America created in 1819 by the congress meeting in the city of Angostura through the Fundamental Law of the Republic -
Perú Cases
Along with O'Higgins, and with 200,000 pesos that I obtained from
Buenos Aires, San Martín managed to buy a naval squadron to attack the Spaniards in Peru by sea.The uprising in favor of the independence of the Numancia Realist Regiment - made up of Venezuelans and Quito residents - opened the doors of Lima toSan -
San Martin Crossing the Andes
San Martin sailed from Valparaíso (20-08-1820)
with a fleet of eight warships and 16
transport ships, and 4,500 men from
the armies of the Andes and Chile. -
Venezuela
Morillo soon regained control of Venezuela and New Granada. But, in 1817, then Bolíva faced and defeated Morillo in Calabozo, in 1818. One more year of skirmishes and Morillo and Bolívar sign the War
Regularization Treaty (11-27-1820), which ends the "War to the Death" period. Ameses later, the royalist army was defeated at the Battle of Carabobo, the final victory of Venezuela's independence (June 25, 1821). -
Central America Nations
Guatemala with its provinces declared its independence
of the Spanish Crown. In order to defend itself, Guatemala and its provinces formed a federal state whose name would be UNITED. -
INDEPENDENCE OF BRAZIL
The Independence of Brazil comprises a series of political events that occurred between 1821 and 1824, most of which included conflicts between Brazil and Portugal. Thus giving way to the proclamation of independence presented by the Empire of Brazil on September 7, 1822. -
HAITI AND SANTO DOMINGO
in 1822, Haitian troops subdued the eastern part of Hispaniola Island, that it would regain its independence from Haiti in 1844. But what will Called the Dominican Republic, it did not achieve independence from Spain until 1865, after a war that left the country devastated. -
THE INDEPENDENCE OF ECUADOR
Antonio José de Sucre, and his triumph in Pichincha (05-24-1822), which culminated the independence of Gran Colombia.
later, the president of Peru, General José de San Martín, waited to discuss the strategy to end the war against the royalists. -
END OF INDEPENDENCE WARS
In 1823, Bolívar was authorized by the Congress of Gran Colombia to take command of an expedition to Peru, Bolivar had gone to Lima to raise more money and receive a new contingent of troops,Sucre went to Alto Peru in 1825, where there was no resistance, and made it independent as a sovereign state that adopted the name of Bolivia in honor o
Simon Bolivar. -
URUGUAY INDEPENDENCE
In Uruguay, the expression Declaration of Independence refers to the act carried out on August 25, 1825 by the Florida Congress,made up of representatives of the town councils of the Eastern Province. -
Appointment of Bolivia
Sucre went to Alto Peru in 1825, where there was no resistance, and he did independent as a sovereign state that adopted the name of Bolivia in honor of Simon Bolivar. -
INDEPENDENCE OF CHILE
San Martín was not discouraged and decided to continue with his plans,
only now he had to liberate Chile first, a month later in the Aconcagua Valley and although he suffered a serious
defeat at Cancha Rayada (03-19-1818), triumphed in the decisive battle
de Maipú (04-05-1818), ensuring the independence of Chile
