Timeline of Latin American Revolutions

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    Protest against high taxes that Spain imposed

    Mestizos and Indians marched on Bogotá (Colombia) to protest this. Again, this revolt was crushed by the Spanish and rebel leaders were executed.

  • Revolt against Spanish rule in Peru

    Indian leader Tupac Amaru II led this revolt. Sadly, they were defeated.

  • Haitian slaves revolted

    Haitian slaves murdered their masters and destroyed plantations.

  • Toussaint L'Ouverture leader in struggle for freedom from French

    L'Ouverture was a former slave. By 1801, he had driven the French from Haiti and conquered the Spanish-held part of Hispaniola, declaring it free from foreign control.

  • Dessalines declared Haiti independent

    Haiti was the first independent Latin American nation.

  • Chile won its independence

  • Argentina won its independence

  • Bolívar defeated the Spanish in Colombia

    Simón Bolívar led his army from Venezuela, over the Andes, to Colombia, where they defeated the Spanish.

  • Peru won its independence with the help of Martín and Bolívar

  • Central America declared its independence

  • Agustín de Iturbide declared Mexico an independent state

  • Ecuador won its independence with the help of Martín and Bolívar

  • Brazil is declared independent by Pedro I