Latin American Independence

During 1800 Latin America struggled for independence and all of a sudden it happened. During that time nobody was aware of what was happening in Europe. Independence movement was happening all over the world, as oppressed people fought to be free. The European control collapsed and slaves took over in Haiti, but that was not the case in Latin America. In Spanish America and Brazil, the white people were still at the top while indigenous and blacks stayed at the bottom. The fight for independence in Latin America made many men of color become heroes and brought honor to many men of mixed race, but that was not enough for them. Many mestizos wanted to rule their country and not depend so much on the monarch of Spain. The war between England
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military, and was the emperor of French for over a decade. He dominated global and European affairs that led him to have a coalition of Napoleon Wars. Spanish independence began in 1808, when Napoleon took the king of Spain as an imprisoned, but Napoleon was not only trying to have Latin America be independent he also was trying to have Brazil be independent from Portugal as well. Napoleon and the French revolutionaries “ had challenged the idea of monarchy based on divine, right, even executing the king of French and queen, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette” (Chasteen, John Charles). Napoleon wanted people to be free, he proclaimed equality and liberty for everyone, he also believed that by leading people to be free they can choose who would rule them. Napoleon began to liberate other countries Portugal and Spain were one of these countries that went into French control. Napoleon invaded Portugal and in Spain he declared his brother Joseph king of Spain. Many Spanish people were not happy about it. Independence was declared here and there in parts of Europe, but in Latin
“Spanish America possessed few resources and faced tremendous obstacles” (Chasteen, John Charles). Liberals came to power and ruled these newly created states, but it was difficult for liberals to governate. They didn’t have the resources or the knowledge on how to run a country, all these time they had a long violent war and never an economic law. Liberalism didn’t have more social and economic and transformation that was seen more in England than in Spain and Portugal. Slavery was banished in all Latin America and slave citizens granted equal rights except in Brazil, Cuba and Puerto Rico. During this societies were very traditional and struggle for power between the Liberals and Conservatives. “Liberals sought 'government of the people, but in Latin America, liberal leaders, who were typically white and upper class, had mixed feelings about “the people.” They considered indigenous people and their lands a national problem, never a national assets.” (Chasteen, John Charles.) Even though it struggled during independent liberalism still remained one of the best exotic plant in Latin America soil. Conservatives had a different opinion about all that. Their leaders soon challenged to change the liberal agenda. Conservatives were different from liberals, “They proclaimed that the common people should know their place and