Why were creoles in latin america motivated to revolt against spain and portugal?
they were european-born nobles who wanted to control their own land.
they wanted to gain the power to participate in government.
they had no social or economic rights in latin america.
they were at the very bottom of the social class system.

They wanted to gain the power to participate in government, is the correct answer.

Explanation:

The creole elites were influenced by the revolutionary ideals and they soon began to denounce the Spanish and Portuguese rule. At the beginning of the 19th century, the Napoleonic wars gave the opportunity to bring political change. Later when Napoleon overthrew the Spanish and Portuguese monarchies, their authority on the colonies weakened and led to a series of revolt between 1807 and 1825. These revolts freed Latin America. Before the beginning of the main independence movement, a revolution took place in Saint Domingue under the leadership of Toussaint-Louverture, in the revolution the slaves rose in revolt and took control of Hispaniola.

The main reason for the revolt was that Latin American society was divided into social classes based on the privilege. The Peninsular were at the top and help all important positions, the creoles controlled land and businesses but were treated as second class citizens. The mestizos were the largest group but worked as servants and laborers

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