They gained a little bit of more freedom when Napoleon conquered Spain. But, that did not last much because he was defeated and all of the boundries had to be redrawn...

9, 1824 Battle of Ayacucho ? Spanish royalists are defeated ? Independence in New Spain o Outcome of Latin American colonial revolution o Miguel Hidalgo called for an Indian rebellion ? Wanted social change ? Had 80 thousand followers to capture cities ? Executed in 1811 o Morelos was new leader ? More radical ? Executed in 1815 o Demand for reform in Mexico ? 1820 Ferdinand VII liberal constitution makes them uneasy ? 1821 Augustin de Iturbide declared Mexico independent of Spain ? Declared emperor ? Brazilian Independence o Portuguese took refuge in 1807 o Made into a court city o Joao expanded trade, he was from Portugal o made Brazil a kingdom in 1815 o 1820 Portugal demands Joao back, and Brazil to go back to colonial state ? 1822 He told his son Dom Pedro, new ruler, to be nice to Brazilians ? Stayed that way until 1889 o Achieved independence easily, prospered right away ? Consequences of Latin American Independence o Politically unstable, economically hurt o Different people threatened governments o 1830 production was worse than 1800 ? Flooded mines ? Dead livestock o Bad trade o Peninsulares returned to Spain o Looked to Britain for protection and money

Educated Creoles like Simo?n Bolivar applauded the French and American Revolutions. He dreamed of winning independence for his country. When Napoleon occupied Spain, Simo?n returned to his South America and led an uprising that established a republic in his native Venezuela...

Both royalists and slaves challenged the government. Bolivar was exiled in Columbia and Jamaica. In 1816 he launched an invasion against Venezuela with help from Haiti...