WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Independence of Latin America 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-3: -The effects of the independence movement includes, the end of nearly all colonial rule, new countries were established, upper class remained in control of wealth and power, slavery ended, plantation system was kept in many places, a strong class system remained present.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the early nineteenth century nearly all of areas of Spanish America attained independence by armed struggle, with the exceptions of Cuba and Puerto Rico. Brazil, which had become a monarchy separate from Portugal, became a republic in the late nineteenth century.