The need for independence was growing for a long time in Latin America, but until then the Spanish forces were able to block those movements for independence.
But when Napoleon invaded Spain, the rebels saw the chance they needed. When Napoleon invaded Spain he put his brother on the Spanish throne. This was the perfect timing for secession. Spain was not able to hold its rich colonies because most of the independence movement took place at the same time.
The industrial revolution brought forth better transportation AKA trains and rail ways making it easier to go to the west. <span />
They were called intendants
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The two major Supreme Court Cases were Plessy vs. Fergussion and Brown vs. Board of Education. Each are extremely important cases not only to African Americanś but United States citizens as a whole because it affected everyone. Plessy vs. Fergussion was a case that later would be overruled with another case but the final rulling of this specific case was that Äfrican Americans were ¨segregated but equal¨. Also, Brown vs. Board of Education over rulled the previous rulling and allowed students who were black to attend school and not be segregated. Overall, the rulling are important to the Fourteenth Amendment because they both dealt with equal rights for minorities.
