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How Did The Atlantic Revolution Affect South America
In South America 1791 through 1824 was impacted by the Atlantic Revolution due to many factors including, women's rights, slave rights, and just independence in general. There were also some factors that weren't able to be altered and stayed the way they were originally created such as cultural, political, and economic factors.

There were many regulations that South America had that stayed the same due to the the Atlantic Revolution. For example, women's roles stayed the same and were treated as if they were unimportant and their opinion shouldn’t be considered in any decision. This belief is something that couldn’t be changed easily because they weren’t given a chance to prove themselves. The economy stayed the same because the Spanish gained more of their money, so the natives grew poor. Another problem that occurred was that those with Spanish descent mostly had the wealth and the natives didn’t have enough power or wealth. They still had their political beliefs that they hadn’t change the indigenous people because they still had no power to overcome the Spanish. The Spanish obtained full control over the native people and didn’t allow them to make their own laws and choices.
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One way their culture had changed was because the Europeans forced them to speak and understand the Spanish language, this way they could speak with more people and any new people who arrive. After they altered their way of speaking it was easier for the Spanish to gain control. The Spanish manipulated the natives to make it easier for them to take over. Women didn’t have as many rights as men did and it infuriated them. The women began to revolt to gain

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