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Year: 1791-1804

Leaders: Toussaint Louverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines

The Haitian Revolution was the only successful slave revolt in history. The one objective was to completely get rid of slavery, and the man who successfully lead them to this was a former enslaved person himself.

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Argentine War of Independence (1810-1818)

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Argentine War of Independence (1810-1818)

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Year: 1810-1818

Leaders: Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli, Martin Miguel de Guemes and José de San Martín

The Argentine War for Independence was fought against royal military forces that were extremely loyal to the Spanish crown. British attacks were repelled by a small local militia, with little to zero help from Spain.

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Year: 1810-1819

Leader: Simón Bolívar

The Gran Colombian Revolution initially started to govern the territory autonomously from Spain. Later on, Bolivar resigned from his leadership role. Gran Colombia dissolved within approximately 1-2 years, forming the independent states of Venezuela, Ecuador, and New Granada.

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Venezuelan War of Independence (1811-1823)

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Venezuelan War of Independence (1811-1823)

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Years: 1811-1823

Leaders: Francisco de Miranda and Simón Bolívar

In Venezuela, there were differences of opinion as to whether the various provinces would follow suit and establish their own militaries. Their differences then turned into a civil war, which was the Venezuelan War for Independence. Venezuela successfully gained its independence from Spain.

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Brazilian War of Independence (1822-1823)

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Brazilian War of Independence (1822-1823)

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Year: 1822-1823

Leader: Prince Dom Pedro I

The threat of losing their limited control over local affairs started large opposition among Brazilians. Pedro realized that Brazil's people wanted independence, although they were not yet revolting. He wanted to make his people happy but he didn't know if they'd win the war. They won the war, gaining their independence.