La influencia de la emancipación de Estados Unidos en la independencia de Hispanoamérica

Abstract

The  article  reviews  the  political  antecedents  and  tradition  in  colonial  Spanish America as the preamble of autonomous political thinking in the region. It analyzes the framework of political and social emancipation of the thirteen American colonies, and the specific context that characterized Latin American independence. Special attention is given to the juncture of the crisis of the Spanish monarchy during the French invasion of the peninsula and the political reaction of Spanish American cities.