2. Latin America Mexico
Napoleon attacks and defeats Spain in 1808.
His brother Joseph is assigned to the Spanish throne but is
dethroned in 1813.
By this time most of Latin America had declared themselves
independent.
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3. Simon Bolivar fought the
Spanish long and hard to
free Venezuela, Ecuador,
and Columbia in 1822.
In 1824 he wins two other
crucial wars against Spain to
gain Independence for Peru.
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