Why the Creoles Led the Fight for Independence
The creoles were people like no other. The Spanish wanted more ports and military controls, so they decided to create colonies in America. These were called the Latin American colonies, some of them, like Uruguay, Chile, and Mexico, became independent between 1800 and 1830. Other countries that had revolutions in the early 19th century were columbia and the united provinces of Central America. When Napoleon invaded Spain, the Spanish couldn’t worry about Latin America, so the Latin Americans started revolutions. There were about four racial groups, the viceroys, mulattos, mestizos, and the peninsulares. Many of the revolutionaries were creoles. The creoles led the fight because, they had growing…show more content… As document A states, the creoles were “ Americans by birth and Europeans by law,” meaning they had a strange situation because they were legally europeans, but they were born in America. They wanted to rebel so they could have more power.
The Creoles had a lot of power, but they didn’t have any positions so it was hard for them to use that power. Document B says that, “ The Creoles had growing economic and social influence but the peninsulares monopolizes all administrative positions.” The Creoles already had power and influence, but did not have positions in the government. The Creoles began to think it would be better if they were independent.
The Spanish were trying to control their trading and the creoles wanted to be able to control it themselves. Document C talks about how the Spanish restricted travel and commerce. The Creoles wanted to control their own trade and didn’t like that the spanish were trying to control them. They wanted to be in control of their lives.
The Creoles were able to see a situation and take advantage of it. As Document D says, in 1808, a drought came destroying the harvest. Food prices went up and unemployment rates rose. The Creoles took advantage of this situation and tried to steal power from the
