. "gaining independence" . . "decolonisation period" . "decolonization" . "Decolonization" . "Latin American wars of independence" . . "decolonization of America" . "Latin American Wars of Independence" . "Americas" . . "Decolonization of the Americas" . . "the Americas" . "Latin America" . . "wars of independence" . . "decolonization of the Americas" . . . "independence movements" . "their independence from Portugal and Spain" . "independence from Europe" . "South American wars of independence" . "Decolonization of the Americas" . . "Spanish American wars of independence" . "rebelled and formed independent states" . . "independence movements and revolutions" .