HIS106Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 46: Latin American Wars Of Independence, Joseph Bonaparte, May Revolution
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Drives for independence popular discontent in spanish america. While independence in spanish america was gained under the leadership of creoles, they needed the support of indigenous, africans, and castas. Most of the new countries that formed out of spanish america in the 19th c, abolished the slave trade. Most others have abolished it by mid 19th century. Creole leaders enlisted thousands of slaves and promised them freedom if they joined the larger military movements. They would not have gained independence without them. Leaders also concerned with questions of political representation and free trade. Influenced by the anti-slavery thinking of the enlightenment (language of rights). People of spanish america had remained loyal to the spanish crown into the early 19thc. 1810-25, all of spanish america carved up into independent republics, except cuba and. Identity formation creoles developed distinct identity rooted in the america experience. Not treated with equality by empire, which drove them to wars.
