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Haitian blue and red flag is adopted at the Congress of Arcahaie. The Battle of Vertières is the last victory of the Haitians over the French.
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Napoleon’s armies invaded both Spain and Portugal. Napoleon’s aim was to close the ports of these countries to British shipping.
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Padre Miguel Hidalgo, a priest in the small villiage of Dolores, took the first step toward independence. Hidalgo was a poor but well educated man.
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Jose De San Martin fought in the battle of Albuera under the command of general William Carr Beresford. By this time, the French armies held most of the Iberian Peninsula under their control, except for Cádiz.
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on the Carabobo plains, Bolívar fights a battle which finally seals the independence of Venezuela. What remained of the Royalist Army took refuge in Puerto Cabello.
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He officially declared Brazil's independence. Brazil had won its independence in a bloodless revolution.
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Dutty Boukman and Cécile Fatiman held a Vodou ceremony in Bois-Caïman, where hundreds of slaves vowed to die for liberty.
