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Trinity Nelson Ms. Rowlison World History 11 February 2023 Latin American Independence Between 1810 and 1826, revolutions broke out across Latin America. Many Latin Americans resented the control over Spain and its colonies in North and South America. The Creoles also known as (second-class citizens) fought for Latin American independence, for they can prove over the Spanish economy. For this to gain political over the Peninsulas and settle for acts of mass civil disobedience. Many Latin Americans resented the control over Spain and its colonies in North and South American. The Creoles lead to for the Latin American Independence by seeking nationalism, political representation, and resenting of the system of mercantilism. By this …show more content…

In Document A they’re disputing natives for titles of ownership, and the maintenance of the country. "That gave birth against the opposition of the invaders”, Thus our position is most extraordinary and complicated” (Bolivar 1819). He gives this speech to all the mixed aborigines, and Spaniards, his message in Document A was to define Venezuelan nation identity. Their desire for power, equal representation in government, and economic control is another part of why they led the fight in the revolution against Spain. One of the main sources of independence sentiment was the growing rivalry between the Creoles and peninsular. While Creoles had growing economic and social influence, the peninsular monopolized all administrative positions. They began to think of a way of changing their positions with the inconvenience of Spanish colonialism and move towards independence. For example, in 1807 only 12 of 99 judgeships were in Latin America kept by Creoles, the rest were for the peninsulas. For Document B it covers and signifies how the peninsulas had a more advantage over Creoles, how they had more power of …show more content…

Spain restricted travel and commerce of America that sealed off from the rest of the world on limiting basic personal and property rights. They forced upon our government to sell products at an artificially low price and buy what they needed at higher prices than they sell. This is the monopoly system, combined with taxes and official fees. In this process, it would lead America to produce more. Europeans unaware of the change believed that iron costing five or six dollars in Europe cost one hundred dollars in America, since is a distinctly unfair amount. In the letter written Document C, Viscardo thinks the Creoles should oversee the American Economy, they wanted to put an end to Spanish Monopolies and unfair taxation to protect their economic interest. The Creoles wanted to have the same rights and privileges that the reinsulates had. Between 1808-09 drought produced a great mortality among Mexico's livestock creating a destroying harvest, and food prices skyrocketed, triple the amount of the original cost. This weakened the mercantilism system and allowed the creoles to capitalize on these social tensions, thus moving towards independence, in Document

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