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The revolution began with the slaves killing their masters. Then Toussaint L'Ouverture became leader. The French brought 30,000 troops to take Toussaint’s power.
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Later Toussaint agreed to halt the revolution, but he later was put into prison and died. Therefore his lieutenant and Jean-Jacques took over to declare independence to Haiti from the French.
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The Revolution began because Padre Miguel Hidalgo started a group to go against the spanish men.
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It started off with Venezuela declaring its independence from Spain. Later Bolivar lead and attack on the Spaniards in the Andes.
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Miguel Hidalgo was later defeated by Jose Maria Morelos, that was later defeated by another person which declared independence from Spain.
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The royal Portugal family took over Brazil and hid their treasures there.
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The king’s son stayed in Brazil and wanted to make it a colony, but the Brazilians couldn't do that so the creoles demanded their own independence. They eventually got independence.
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The Spanish continued threatening other places in South America such as Chile and Peru. San Martin joined Chile and Peru’s armies and fought back Spain and he freed the colonies.
