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The slaves of St. Domingue rose up and rebelled and overthrew their masters and won independence from France and became the first black republic.
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Miguel Hidalgo first step to independence was to ring the church bells and gather the peasants in the church and he issued a rebellion against the Spanish.
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Simon Bolivor who was a creole declared independence from Spain because they owned South America.
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San Martin declared independence from the Spanish who caused a threat to nearby Chile and Peru.
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Eight thousand Brazilians siged a petition asking Dom Pedro to rule and he agreed and decleared their independence.
