How Did Creoles Lead The Fight For Latin American Independence
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Latin American Independence
In the struggle for independence from Spain during the 1800s, Creoles began to noticed that they might be able to take over the power and most of the lands that the Spaniards control since Napoleon Bonaparte was able to invade Spain, causing an influence over Latin America. Creoles in Latin America were people that are full Europeans meaning they were born in the colonies but with Spanish descent, also they were. Creoles led the fight for the Latin American independence because National Identity creating a polemic against Spain, economics concerns causing the movement of division between the Spanish and Latin Americans and social control.
National Identity was one of the factors for which Creoles believed that they merit political power, and they wanted to be considered superior to non-europeans, they also felt familiar to the aborigines, known as native americans, also they did not considered themselves as part of Spaniards, but Americanos.The revolution was an important fact, needed to put power in the hands of the people who were actually born in Latin America, they wanted independence from their native country. Simon Bolivar came from a class of people known as Criollos or Creoles. Like most leaders in the fight for independence, the Creole man was born in the Americas, a country that is now known as Venezuela, but his ancestors were from Europe. Simon Bolivar, known as the Libertador was a political leader in Venezuela, and Latin …show more content…
n leader in the struggle for independence from Spaniards, he believes “We are not Europeans; we are not Indians; we are but a mixed species of aborigines [native americans] and Spaniards .” (doc a) said that they do not considered themselves as
Latin American Independence
In the struggle for independence from Spain during the 1800s, Creoles began to noticed that they might be able to take over the power and most of the lands that the Spaniards control since Napoleon Bonaparte was able to invade Spain, causing an influence over Latin America. Creoles in Latin America were people that are full Europeans meaning they were born in the colonies but with Spanish descent, also they were. Creoles led the fight for the Latin American independence because National Identity creating a polemic against Spain, economics concerns causing the movement of division between the Spanish and Latin Americans and social control.
National Identity was one of the factors for which Creoles believed that they merit political power, and they wanted to be considered superior to non-europeans, they also felt familiar to the aborigines, known as native americans, also they did not considered themselves as part of Spaniards, but Americanos.The revolution was an important fact, needed to put power in the hands of the people who were actually born in Latin America, they wanted independence from their native country. Simon Bolivar came from a class of people known as Criollos or Creoles. Like most leaders in the fight for independence, the Creole man was born in the Americas, a country that is now known as Venezuela, but his ancestors were from Europe. Simon Bolivar, known as the Libertador was a political leader in Venezuela, and Latin …show more content…
n leader in the struggle for independence from Spaniards, he believes “We are not Europeans; we are not Indians; we are but a mixed species of aborigines [native americans] and Spaniards .” (doc a) said that they do not considered themselves as