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  in 1810,Padre Miguel Hidalgo a priest in the small village of Dolores took the first step toward independence Hildalgo was a poor but well educated man.
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  In 1811 Simon Bolivar native Venezula declared it's independence for spain.
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  the army defeated Hildalgo in 1811.
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  in 1815, a creole officer, Asustin de Iturbide, defeated him.
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  San Martin Argentina had declared it independence in 1816.
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  the future counties of venezuela, colombia, panama and Ecuador were united into a country called Gran Colombia.
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  the results were that by 1821 bolivar had won venezula's independence.
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  Agustin de Iturbide the man who had defeated the rebel padre Morelos proclaimed independence in 1821.