What was the sequence of events that led to the liberation of spanish south america?

The Napoleon’s invasion of Spain was possibly the most important event because with the Spanish resources was first occupied with fighting and later in the hands of Napoleon’s brother and since then Spanish South America met far less resistance to their wars for independence.

if im not mistaken its a. collective emotional arousal

the earthquake in haiti was a magnitude of 7.0 according to the u.s geological survey yet the smaller earthquake in haiti killed more than 200,000 and left more than 1.2 million people homeless. the chile earthquake was a magnitude of 8.8 and 500 times more stronger but chile's earthquake only injured 712 people.