Independence of Latin America

Independence of Latin America

Background of the wars of independence:
* Jose Abalos: I His loftiness does not grant them (the creoles) the freedom to trade which they desire, then he cannot count on their loyalty

Creoles and the peninsular Spaniards
Peninsular Spaniards dominate the lucrative export-import trade and the provincial trade. They were organized in muscular consulates, financial mining, and the repartimento business. Peninsulares arrived; their merit won recognition, received a fille and then was protester of the business. Creoles might enter the church or the law (overcrowded professions). Upper class creoles excluded from mercantile activity had diminished government jobs and were resented for the institutionalized discrimination that stopped their way to advance. Although nearly wealthy creoles maintained good relations with peninsulars, creoles and peninsulars became mutually unfriendly classes. Some peninsular justified their privileged position by charging the creoles with innate incapacity. Creoles developed a sense of strong nationalism.

Enlightment and french Revolution
The entrance of enlightment ideas into Latin America contributed to the growth of creole discontent.



Bourbon Spain contributed to the creoles modify by the efforts to improve the quality of colonial life (interest in drawing, music, mathematics and chemistry). Many creoles read the forbidden writings of Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau and former(a) radical philosophers and scientific texts and theories of Descartes, Newton, that circulated freely in the colonies. The American renewing contributed to the growth of dangerous ideas in the colonies. The Colombian Antonio Nariño (cultivated creole) translated and printed his own press: The French Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1789 and was sentenced to prision 10 long time in Africa.

The Decline of Spain under Charles IV
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