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Brazil's royal liberator
IN 1807 napoleans armies invaded both spain and portugal. -
Hidalgo speaks
Mighuel hidalgo rings the bells of his church and issues a rebellioin against the spanish. -
bolivar's route to victory
Venezuela declared independence from spain -
hidalgo's defeat
In 1811 the spanish army defeated hidalgo. -
the new leader
After miguel hidalgo"s defeat the rebels found a new strong leader name jose maria morelos. -
napolean loses
IN 1815 napolean defaet led king john and the government to return six years later. -
jose morelos defeat
jose led the revolution for four years before a creole officer agustin de iturbide defeated him. -
san martin leads southern liberation forces
Argentina declared independence. -
san martin leads southern liberation forces
San martin led an army to fight across the andes to chile -
bolivar's route to victory
A turning point came in the revolution. bolivar led over 2000 soldiers on a daring march through the andes into what is now colombia. -
bolivar's won
Bolivar won independence for venezuela. -
joses killer saves mexico
Ironically the man who killed padre jose proclaimed independence. -
mexico's finally independent
IN 1823 iturbide was finally overthrown. the future countries of nicaraqua, guatemala, honduras, elsalvador, and costa rica would develop the region. -
san martin liberates them
The last major battle won independence for spanish colonies. Venezuela, colombia, panama and ecuador united to become a country called gran colombia.
