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About 100,000 enslaved Africans rose in revolt and a leader named Toussaint L'Ouverture soon emerged .
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Toussaint L'Ouverture & Jean Jacques Dessalines in Haiti .
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On July 26th 1801 , Toussaint had taken control and freed the slaves .
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In January 26 1802, 30,000 french troops landed in Saint Domingue to remove Toussaint from power . In May 6 1802, Toussaint agrred only if the French ended slavery . The french seized him and sent him to a prison in French Alps where he died April 7 1803.
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Toussaint's lieutenant Jean-Jacques Dessalines took up the fight for freedom. On January 1 1804, he declared the colony and independent country . It was the first black country to free itself from the Europeans. He called the country Haiti , Arawakan for '' mountainous land '' .
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Napoleon , King John , Dom Pedro
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Napoleon's armies invaded from Spain/Portugal. The royal family's attempt to escape went to Rio De Janeiro becoming part of the Portuguese empire capital . For 14 years ran the empire from Brazil . Napoleon was defeated in June 18th 1815.
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Poor and educated priest in Dolores Village. He rang his church bells, calling for rebellion against the Spanish. That call is known as Grito De Dolores.
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Miguel Hidalgo , Jose Maria Maelos , Augustin de Iturbide
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Indian and Mestizo followers marched to Mexico City soon numbering 80,000 men. Army defeated Hidalgo in 1811.
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Jose Maria Morelos took his place leading to revolution for 4 years & then creole officer Augustin de Iturbide defeated him in 1815.
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Simon Bloiver fights for Venezuela's Independence .
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Jose De San Martin's success
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San Martin lead an march through the Andes to go to Chile . He was then joined by forces of Bernardo O'Higgins the son of a peru viceroys . With O'Higgins help San Martin freed Chile .
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Bolivar's army suffered numerous defeats until the turning point on August 10 1819 , Bloivar lead over 2,000 soldiers on a surprising march through the Andes into Bogota,Colombia winning a decisive victory .
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Bolivar has won Venuezuela's Independence the marching to Ecuador where he met Jose De San Martin . Together deciding on the future of the Latin American Revolutionary .
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King John nad the portuguese government returned to portugal 6 years later. King John's son Dom Pedro stayed in Brazil. King John wanted to make Brazil a colony of Portugal again but the brazilians revolted .
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Augustin de Iturbide proclaimed independence on September 17th 1821 .
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Creoles demanded Brazil's Independence. About 8,000 people signed Dom Pedro's petition to rule .
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It's officially Brazil's Independence Day .
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Iturbide was overthrown on July 19th 1924 .
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Defeat on the Battle of the Ayacucho, Peru. They won and Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela and Colombia united to be Gran Colombia
