Question

Which statement does not accurately describe the results of Latin American independence movements? A. Military strongmen called caudillos seized control in many countries after the Spanish departed. B. Bernardo O’Higgins is remembered as the father of Chilean independence. C. A creole priest named Father Hidalgo led the Mexican independence movement. D. Spain crushed the revolts and remained in control of all but a few of its Latin American colonies.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. The statement that does not accurately describe the results of Latin American independence movements is the one that states that Spain crushed the revolts and remained in control of all but a few of its Latin American colonies.

From 1810 diverse Spanish American territories began to declare independent national states under republican regimes, forming large "liberating" armies of continental scope, among which those commanded by the Argentine Jose de San Martin and the Venezuelan Simon Bolivar stood out. The independence of the new states was consolidated in the 1820s, after the victory at the Battle of Ayacucho. After losing El Callao in January 1826, the only territories dominated by Spaniards in the Americas were Cuba and Puerto Rico.

Answer 2

"C. A creole priest named Father Hidalgo led the Mexican independence movement" is not true, since this movement was for the most part led my natives of Mexico.