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CHAPTER 24 Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas, 1800?1890 I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . Independence in Latin America, 1800?1830 A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . Roots of Revolution, to 1810 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Wealthy colonial residents of Latin America were frustrated by the political and economic power of colonial officials and angered by high taxes and imperial monopolies. They were inspired by the Enlightenment thinkers and by the examples of the American and French Revolutions. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . The Portuguese royal family fled to Brazil, where King John VI maintained his court for over a decade.
