GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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the English Civil War
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the French and Indian War
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the Enlightenment
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the Crusades
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Detailed explanation-1: -A growing spirit of nationalism and the French ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity inspired many Latin Americans to rise up against their French, Spanish, and Portuguese masters.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many in Latin America had already started studying the principles enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. However, it was the French Revolution of 1789 which inspired the first armed uprising in Latin America.
Detailed explanation-3: -Influence: The ideas of Locke and Rousseau influenced Latin-American revolutionary leader Simón Bolívar. Bolívar fought to liberate his country, present-day Venezuela, from Spanish rule. He also led movements for independence and democracy in what are now the nations of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.