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Why were the Latin America colonies fighting for independence?

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Answer:

The Creoles badly wanted to become government officials and to have fewer restrictions on trade. Spain gave them neither, which caused great resentment and helped lead to independence.

The wars of independence, 1808–26

With the Spanish king and his son Ferdinand taken hostage by Napoleon, Creoles and peninsulars began to jockey for power across Spanish America.