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On september 16, 1810, he range the bells of his village church. When the peasants gathered in the church, he issued a call for rebellion against the Spanish. Today, that call is know as the grito de Dolores
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In 1810, padre Miguel Hidalgo a priest in the small village of Dolores, took the first step toward independence. Hidalgo was a poor but well-educated man. he firmly believed in enlightenment ideals.
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Napoleon's coquest of Spain in 1810 trigered revolt in the Spanish colonies. Removing Spain's king Ferdinand 7, Napoleon made his brother Joseph king of Spain. Many creoles might have supported a Spanish King. However, they felt on loyaty to a king imposed by the French.
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Simon Bolivar's native Venezuela declared its independence from spain in 1811
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Twice Bolivar had to go into exile. A turning point came in August 1819. Bolivar led over 2000 soldiers on a daring march thought the Andes into what is now Colombia.
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San Martin's Aregentina had declared its independence in 1816
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however, Spanish forces in nearby Chile and Peru still posed a threat. in 1817, San Martin led abn army on a grueling march across the Andes to chile. He was joined there by forces led by Bernardo O'Higgins, son of a former viceroy of peru. With O'Higgins's help, San martin finailly freed Chile.
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By 1821, Bolivar had won Venezuuela's indenpendence. He then marched south into Ecuador. In Ecauador, Bolivar finnally met Jose de San Martin. Together they would decide the furture of the Latin Americans revolutionary movement.
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In 1821, San Martin planned to drive the remaining Spanish forces outm of Lima peru. But to do so, he needed a much larger force.
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San Martin and Bolivar's discussed this problem when they met at guayaquil, Ecuador , in 1822
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As San Martin left his army for Bolivar to command. With unified revolutionary forces, Bolivar's army went on to defeat the spanish at the battle of Ayacucho (peru) on December 9, 1824.
