Britain also needed money to pay for its war debts. The King and Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies. ... They protested, saying that these taxes violated their rights as British citizens. The colonists started to resist by boycotting, or not buying, British goods.
Between 1808 and 1826 all of Latin America except the Spanish colonies of Cuba and Puerto Rico slipped ... Many Creoles (those of Spanish parentage but who were born in America) felt Bourbon policy to be an unfair ...
