Spanish American Revolution

Symbolic Actions - How this war started was a struggle of Independence from spain. Spain caused brutal actions which caused rebellion and it was portrayed for the U.S., from that attention the rebellion rose. The want for intervention arose as well after an unexplained sinking in the Havana Harbor of the battleship USS. In the wake of the spanish american revolution there was a creation of self governing juntas.

Leaders controls -  Spain had a colonial empire that spanned all the way from central america to the caribbean and south america. Power and several local military bodies were created. Dramatic and unexpected events happened under the processes under Philip IV's reign.

People ask for change - Creoles wanted their Independence from Spain and from their own nation. They wanted more political and economical power. They believed the colonial unfair, as they were excluded from the political design making process. Tis was the cause for independence movements.

Financial Breakdown occurs - The treaty of paris which gave Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rico, United, States 20 million dollars which cost economic unrest. As apart the empire the colonies were protected from foreign invasion by British military. In return the colonists paid relatively few taxes and could engage in domestic economic activity without much interference from British government.

Protests -  Many factors led to the development of Spanish america. Such as attacks in trade policy The rise the native spaniards had over the creoles and mestizos. Fernando the 7th tried to reconquer the spanish american colonies but it failed, in wake of the protests .

Turns to mob -  If it hadn't been for Napoleonic occupation in Spain it might not have happened then. The spanish classes took up in arms which resulted in the Spanish war of independence, and the creation of the self governing Juantas. Inevitably, violence followed. The revolutionaries disowned the monarchic authorities in America they established republics and armies

Radicals take control - War against the remnants of Spanish government began with offensive from Buenos Aires. On May 25, 1810, the day it took power the Junta agreed to send a division of 500 men in an "auxiliary expedition" northwards through the interior provinces and into Upper Peru.

Council is dominated by one individual - Napoleon's decision to invade Portugal and Spain propelled colonies towards independence. Napoleon forces Kong Ferdinand VII of Spain to abdicate and place how brother Joseph on the throne. New political body claimed authority over Spain's colonies. Spanish colonial authorities were facing a new round of revolution focused on independence.

Forced Conformity/ punishment - After Spanish and French naval forces were crushed at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, Spain's ability to control the colonies lessened even more. WHen Great Britain attacked Buenos Aires in 1808, Spain could not defend the city: a local militia had to suffice.

Radicals are put down/repressed ; often assassinated -  The conflicts among these colonies and with Spain eventually resulted in a chain of newly independent countries stretching from Argentina and Chile in the south to Mexico in the north in the first third of the 19th century. Cuba remained under Spanish rule until the spanish american war in 1898.

Return of pleasure, and religion - Without spanish influence in meizu america many meitezos began to embrace more of their indigenous identity especially in Mexico a Bolivia and Peru as a result of the spanish american revolution, Mexicans started to embrace their own identity  while still practicing roman catholicism blended with indigenous culture which can be seen in the celebration of the day of the dea

Aggressive nationalism - Aggressive nationalism took place with the formation of new countries and boundaries in central and south america. In Mexico Xicano heritage and nationalism became more prevalent as a result of the spanish american resolution.