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In 1807 Napoleon's armies invade Spain and Portugal.
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In 1810 Padre Miguel Hidalgo a priest in the small village of dolore, took the first step toward independence.
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The Army defeated Hildalgo. Jose Maria Morelos led the revolution for four years.
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In 1815 "Napoleon's defeat King John and the Portugeses government returned to Portugal six years later.
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San Martin led an army on a grueling march across the Andes to Chile.
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Simon Bolivar went into Andes. This is now know as Columbia. This is a major turning point.
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In 1820 events in Mexico took another turn . A revolution in Spain put a liberal group in power.
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In 1821, Bolivar had won Venezuela's independence.
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Brazil won it's independence in a bloodless revolution.