WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Independence from Spain came suddenly for most of Latin America. Between 1810 and 1825, most of Spain’s former colonies declared and won independence and had divided up into republics.

Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1808 and 1836, all of Latin America except the Spanish colonies of Puerto Rico and Cuba gained their independence. Part of the revolutions originated in changing ideas in Europe and the Americas about the role of government and individual rights from the Enlightenment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Between 1895 and 1898 Cuba and the Philippine Islands revolted against Spain. The Cubans gained independence, but the Filipinos did not. In both instances the intervention of the United States was the culminating event.

Detailed explanation-4: -A Revolution in Haiti The first colony to free itself from European rule was the French colony of Saint Domingue, on the island of Hispaniola. Almost all of the people who lived in the colony were slaves of African origin. In 1791, about 100, 000 of them rose in revolt.

Detailed explanation-5: -Latin American Revolution Timeline Haitian independence in 1804 led to Hidalgo’s uprising in Spanish Mexico in 1810. As Mexico continued to fight for its independence, Simon Bolivar led the struggle against the colonial powers across northern South America.