“Revolts and independence movements…spread across the continent between 1808 and 1830. The high point of these movements was 1821, when the original core colonies of New Spain and Peru declared independence from Spain” (page 157). With independence came political parties- liberal and conservative dominated over all else. Liberals were typically educated merchants who wanted a modest federal government, expanded suffrage, a weak church, and free trade. Conservatives on the other hand were usually elites who owned land and favored a decentralized state that favored the center, limited suffrage, a strong church, and colonial trade barriers and monopolies (page 180). These parties show that the battle of power between the center and fringe continued even after
“Revolts and independence movements…spread across the continent between 1808 and 1830. The high point of these movements was 1821, when the original core colonies of New Spain and Peru declared independence from Spain” (page 157). With independence came political parties- liberal and conservative dominated over all else. Liberals were typically educated merchants who wanted a modest federal government, expanded suffrage, a weak church, and free trade. Conservatives on the other hand were usually elites who owned land and favored a decentralized state that favored the center, limited suffrage, a strong church, and colonial trade barriers and monopolies (page 180). These parties show that the battle of power between the center and fringe continued even after