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causes of Latin American Revolution

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French Revolution inspired ideas
-injustices and repression (committed by royal officials)
-Napoleon's conquest of Spain triggered revolts
peninsulares and creoles controlled wealth
-lower classes worked really hard (as peasants or slaves)
only peninsulares and creoles had power
-lower classes had little status
-educated creoles spread Enlightenment ideas
Almost all colonial rule in Latin America ended
-New countries established
-representative government was slow to develop (military/wealthy controlled until late 1900s)
upper classes kept control of wealth
-plantation system was kept in many places
-continued to have strong class system
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