The Latin American Wars of Independence, which occurred in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, were heavily influenced by the American and French Revolutions and resulted in the formation of a number of independent Latin American countries.
- Spanish American wars of independence and 19th-century revolutionary wars against European colonial rule are examples of Latin American revolutions.
- The Latin American Wars of Independence were the numerous revolutions that occurred in Latin America during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, resulting in the formation of a number of independent countries.
- The immediate cause of the war was Napoleon's attack of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) in 1807 and 1808, but it also had its origins in the growing dissatisfaction of creole elites (people of Spanish ancestry born in Latin America) with the constraints put by Spanish imperial rule.
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