EMERGENCE OF USA
HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The Spanish Empire
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The British Empire
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The French Empire
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The direct cause of the Latin American revolts, however, was Napoleon’s conquest of Spain in 1808, after which Napoleon made his brother, Joseph, king of Spain. Many creoles might have remained loyal to a Spanish king, but they felt no loyalty at all too a Frenchman placed on the Spanish throne by force.
Detailed explanation-2: -By 1836, the former Latin American colonies of Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Bolivia had gained independence from Spain; Brazil from Portugal; and Uruguay from Brazil.
Detailed explanation-3: -The immediate trigger of the conflict was Napoleon’s invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) in 1807 and 1808, but its roots also lay in the growing discontent of creole elites (people of Spanish ancestry who had been born in Latin America) with the restrictions imposed by Spanish imperial rule.