Patriot forces
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Patriot forces were the independence-aligned armies in Latin America, particularly those fighting Spanish royalist rule during the early 19th century wars of independence.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed groups
ⓘ
historical military organization ⓘ military forces ⓘ revolutionary armies ⓘ |
| armedWith |
artillery
ⓘ
muskets ⓘ sabers ⓘ |
| commandStructure | varied by region and leader ⓘ |
| composedOf |
creole elites
ⓘ
enslaved Africans and freedpeople ⓘ indigenous fighters ⓘ mestizos ⓘ |
| engagedIn | battles against Spanish colonial garrisons ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
end of colonial rule
ⓘ
political independence from Spain ⓘ |
| hasOpposingForce |
Spanish Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish royalist forces ⓘ |
| hasRole | fought for independence in Latin America ⓘ |
| historicalContext | collapse of Spanish authority after Napoleonic invasion of Spain ⓘ |
| ideologicallyAlignedWith |
liberalism
ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American Revolution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | Spanish ⓘ |
| legacy | foundational mythologies of Latin American nations ⓘ |
| notableTheaterOfOperations |
Captaincy General of Chile
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Captaincy General of Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Granada NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedInRegion |
Latin America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedInTimePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Latin American wars of independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryEnemy | royalist armies ⓘ |
| receivedSupportFrom |
creole political leaders
ⓘ
local revolutionary juntas ⓘ |
| recruitedFrom |
deserting royalist soldiers
ⓘ
foreign volunteers ⓘ local militias ⓘ |
| resultedIn | creation of independent Latin American states ⓘ |
| typeOfConflict |
anti-colonial struggle
ⓘ
civil war within Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| usedMilitaryTactics |
conventional warfare
ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ |
| usedSymbol |
revolutionary cockades
ⓘ
various emergent national flags ⓘ |
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