EMERGENCE OF USA
HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The successful overthrow of European governments.
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Russia’s emancipation of its serfs
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the formal and legal end of European feudalism
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the success of the Protestant Reformation
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Detailed explanation-1: -They revolted in response to events happening in Europe. In 1808, Napoleon invaded and conquered Spain and Portugal-the two colonial powers that controlled Latin America.
Detailed explanation-2: -The immediate cause of the Wars, however, was the fact that the King of Spain, Ferdinand VII, was captured in France by Napoleon who then invaded the Peninsula. This was the sudden unexpected removal of the central imperial authority and many creoles feared Napoleon’s incursions into the Americas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The French invasion and capture of Spain and Portugal, under Napoleon, led to the independence movements in Latin America.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Argentine Independence War lasted eight years from 1810-18. Its beginnings are generally traced back to the May Revolution, itself a direct reaction to the Peninsular War. This was the first successful revolution of the Latin American Independence Movements.