Dugdale-Pointon, TDP. (3 March 2002), Peninsular War (1807-14), http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_peninsular.html

The first research site I used is this website called “History of war” where it introduces the peninsular war between 1807 and 1814. This is relevant to the topic because even though this war did not directly take place in Latin american territory we know that the invasion to Spain from the French, weakened the Spanish administration in Latin American colonies. Creoles saw themselves directly affected by this because, as previously all the profit made in the colonies had to go to Spain, they knew that now it will go to the French kingdom instead, that made them feel detached from their duty to do so. Therefore in this moment of instability was the perfect time for creoles to look for that change and archive political and economical freedom from the Spanish crown.  We see how the period of the Peninsular war was the start of the movements for independence in Latin America, making this a relevant event in the history of Latin American Independence.

http://www3.gettysburg.edu/~tshannon/hist106web/site7/The%20Bourbon%20Reforms.htm

The second source of information I used is this website called: “gettysburg.edu” which explains about the Bourbon reforms established in Spain and brought consequently as a model for the Latin American colonies. This is relevant because these reforms implied aggressive and effective tax collections, less economic power for Creoles and the Spanish crown sending new administrators to the colonies. For the Creole at the time these political and economical legislation implemented in the colonies were an attack to their freedom and power. Therefore, they provoked rebellion against this reforms and later on, against the crown itself. This shows the creoles resentment toward the crown and their restriction of power. Independence was not only a move for political reformation, but a strategy for Creoles to get power over land, and economic affairs in the colonies. Once the spanish administrators sent by the Spanish crown left, Creoles could have absolute power over the productive economies in Latin America, which at the time were flourishing with the harvest of coffee, sugar and other goods such as gold.