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Spanish American wars of independence

1808-1826 CE · Spanish mainland Americas

Revolutions and wars ended most mainland Spanish rule, but new republics inherited colonial inequalities and contested the place of Indigenous, African-descended, mixed and regional communities.

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How the setting appeared

Campaigns crossed cities, llanos, high mountain passes, ports and rural districts from Mexico to the southern Andes.

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How people lived

Civilians supplied armies, fled violence and debated citizenship; enslaved and Indigenous people joined multiple sides under promises that were unevenly fulfilled.

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How people worked

Military recruitment, livestock, mining revenue, printing, transport and local provisioning sustained prolonged wars.

Agent citation CIT-LOC-MEXICO-INDEPENDENCE-AMERICASCIT-UNESCO-BOLIVAR-ARCHIVE-AMERICAS Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Catholic symbols appeared on both royalist and republican sides; independence was political rather than a single religious conflict.

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Historical geography

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Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-LOC-MEXICO-INDEPENDENCE-AMERICAS

Mexico: From Independence to Reform, 1800-1857

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mexican-revolution-and-the-united-states/independence-sp.html

Library of Congress

CIT-UNESCO-BOLIVAR-ARCHIVE-AMERICAS

Writings of the Liberator Simon Bolivar, 1813-1830

https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/lac/writings-liberator-simon-bolivar-1813-1830

UNESCO Memory of the World

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