Latin Americ The Independence, Nation Building, And The...

Latin America in the 1820’s The independence, nation building, and the economy were three major settings during Latin America in the 1820’s. During this time Latin America was faced with the chance of change. Traditional Monarchical structure was merged into the Portuguese and Spanish colonial empires. The way that theses territories responded to change was distinctive to the region. Creole Cities in the eighteenth century were being affected by ideas from the new political ideals and the Enlightenment. Free Trade, free press, and equality were hugely appealing to people living in Latin America. Leaders of the independence movement were Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin. These two men have understood the ideas of the Englishmen better than anyone. In Latin America, nationalistic revolts started happening. â€Å"It would be easier to have two continents meet than to reconcile the sports of Spain and America.†, said Bolivar. Draining people from their wealth, he promoted nativism throughout these countries. Napoleon made room for change for the Latin American countries in the beginning of the eighteenth century. The way that he made room for change was by having Confidential wars. The colonial empires of the Spanish and Portuguese were highly weakened. Later on in 1810, Mexico went progressed through changes as well. The creole elites overthrew the rule o f peninsulas. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a priest and a studier of the French Revolution, in Mexico, came to the rescue.