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Was the Latin American wars a success? When considering the original goals of the wars, then yes, it was a success as the Creoles were able to accomplish their goals. However, on a larger scale, it was a failure as it resulted in corrupt governments and has, arguably, resulted in many of the issues that some of the Latin American countries are still struggling with today. The wars may have been successful in accomplishing their goals, but it has lead to many more problems that were not easy to recover from.
Gran Colombia- or the Republic of Colombia- was a republic ruled by Bolivar as a dictator that encompassed the regions of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. All three being places he helped liberate from Spain. However, Bolivar's goal was always to unite all of South America under Gran Colombia. This plan was put to an end as Venezuela revolted. All leading to Bolivar retiring in 1830 after ruling over Gran Colombia as a dictator.
Overall, the economy suffered greatly as the countries were shocked by how much they really depended on Spain/Portugal to buy from them. This also led to the countries suffering as they only had one or two types of crops that they depended heavily on. Arguably, that also led to many of the poverty and instability problems that still plague many Latin American countries today.
There were little changes in the social system after the wars. Basically, the system had remained the same. However it became easier to move up in the social system as the wealthy were able to pay their way up the system. This assists the negative political effects because people being able to buy their statues contributed to the corrupt governments.
The revolutions led to political systems that were dominated by caudillos- or strong men that held high positions in both politics and the military. This new system basically had the more powerful minority dominate over the less powerful majority. This meant that even after the revolution, many of the countries continued to struggle with corrupt governments.
1808
Napoleon invades Spain and removes Charles IV, who was king at the time. After, Napoleon puts his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, in charge of Spain. This leads to a lot of chaos in Spain as many tried to rebel.
The Latin American wars for independence were a series of revolutions from different countries that occurred during the late 18th century to early 19th century. The goals of these revolutions were to gain independence from Spain because the Creoles were unhappy about the lack of free trade.
1814
Threatened by the growing army in Spain, king Joseph fled from Spain. This ends the French occupation in Spain. Due to the Treaty of Valençay, Fernando VII was able to recover the Spanish throne.
1816
With Jose De San Martin leading many battles across Argentina, the demand for independence became more wanted. Representatives from various provinces met in San Miguel de Tucumán to discuss independence. Wut Argentina declares independence
1821
Simon Bolivar leads a battle in Carabobo. With the triumph in Crabobo, Venezuela's independence was guaranteed.
Later in the year, Venezuela was able to declare independence
1824
The final defeat of the Spanish forces- Battle of Ayacucho. This ends the presence of the Spanish forces in South America. Also meaning that the independence of the rest of South America was guaranteed.
The Latin America wars were influenced by the success of other revolutions such as the American Revolution and French Revolution as many other revolutions were. Although, there is no sign that show the Latin American wars leading to the start of other revolutions. However, the revolutions within Latin American were a similar to the domino effect but on a smaller scale as the revolutions in Latin American also took place one after another, consecutively.
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Simon Bolivar- http://www.loggiagiordanobruno.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/simon-bolivar.jpg
Map (Before)- http://jspivey.wikispaces.com/file/view/Latin_America_on_the_Eve_of_Independence.jpg/58188112/Latin_America_on_the_Eve_of_Independence.jpg
Map (After)- http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/harlandj/maps/world/napoleon_rev_legacy.jpg
Jose De San Martin- http://radio.rpp.com.pe/peruanosenelexterior/files/2010/07/SAN-MARTIN.jpg
Battle of Ayacucho- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Battle_of_Ayacucho.jpg