Creole And Independence In Latin America
Why did the Creole lead the fight or independence in Latin America you may ask, the answer is they led the fight to protect themselves from the other social groups like the Indians below them who hated the Creoles and to protect their economic and political interests from the Peninsulares who were controlling their trade preventing them from obtaining political and economic power.
In 1808 France invaded Spain and ended the protection that Creoles relied upon to protect themselves and estate from the lower class who were not happy with European occupation. As Historian Leslie Bethell wrote in his 1987 piece The Independence of Latin America, he wrote “Traditionally the elite looked to Spanish to defend them… when the monarchy collapsed in
In 1808 France invaded Spain and ended the protection that Creoles relied upon to protect themselves and estate from the lower class who were not happy with European occupation. As Historian Leslie Bethell wrote in his 1987 piece The Independence of Latin America, he wrote “Traditionally the elite looked to Spanish to defend them… when the monarchy collapsed in