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| rdfs:label | - War of South American Independence (Qu'il Tous)
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| rdfs:comment | - The multiple nations of South America declared their independence in what was called the United Congress of South America on March 4, 1821. They are supported by Brazil, which declared independence from Portugal after it was defeated in the First European War in 1807, and Mexico, which declared independence from Spain after the last Spanish reserves were brought out of the country in early 1809. The Spanish saw this as a great threat and the Iberian king, Joseph Bonaparte, asked his younger brother, Napoleon I of France, to help Spain and lead a military force going to South America to re-establish Iberian control on the continent. Napoleon agreed and an initial military expedition of 80,000 men left their base in Gibraltar on April 7.
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| Name | - War of South American Independence
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| Commanders | - Napoleon I
- Agustín de Iturbide
- Jospeh Bonaparte
- Pedro de Alcântara
- Simon Bolivar
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| Result | - South American victory; Treaty of Brasilia
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| abstract | - The multiple nations of South America declared their independence in what was called the United Congress of South America on March 4, 1821. They are supported by Brazil, which declared independence from Portugal after it was defeated in the First European War in 1807, and Mexico, which declared independence from Spain after the last Spanish reserves were brought out of the country in early 1809. The Spanish saw this as a great threat and the Iberian king, Joseph Bonaparte, asked his younger brother, Napoleon I of France, to help Spain and lead a military force going to South America to re-establish Iberian control on the continent. Napoleon agreed and an initial military expedition of 80,000 men left their base in Gibraltar on April 7. The expedition arrived on the north Venezuelan coast on May 10, and they moved to capture Caracas, the provisional capital of what was proclaimed as the Republic of Venezuela. Meanwhile, an army of 120,000 revolutionary lead by Simon Bolivar, who had been proclaimed the Supreme Commander of the United South American Armies, to counter Napoleon's invasion. The two armies met outside of Caracas on May 14, and the result was a humiliating defeat for the Revolutionaries, who were forced to retreat southwest to Colombia. Napoleon, meanwhile spent the next few months defeating the remaining resistance in Venezuela. But Napoleon was himself humiliated as he had expected to conquer in a few weeks, and this allowed Bolivar to gather his army and prepare to defend Colombia, Napoleon's next objective.
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