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Napoleon armies invaded both spain and portugal Napoleon aim was to closevthe ports of thesecountries to british shipping
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Napoleon conquest of spain in 1808 triggered revolts in the spanish colonies
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In1810 rebellion broken out in several parts of Latin America
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Padre Miguel Hidalgo a priest in the small village of Dolores took yhe first step toward independence
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The army defeated Hidalgo
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Simon Bolivar's native Venezuela declared its independence from Spain in 1811
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Sam Martin led an army on a grueling march arcoss the Andes to Chile
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In Bolivar had won the Venezuela independence
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He officially declared Brazil independence brazil had won its inedependenec in a bloodlless revolution
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San Martin left his army for Bolivar to command with unified revolutionary force Bolivar army went on to defeat the Spanish at the Battle of Ayacucho
