Was ruled by "Pepe Botella",[1] Napoleon alcoholic brother, and in theory, the riches produced by the Spain american colonies, should reach the napoleonic coffers. But the English, Napoleon eternal enemies, prevented it thanks to their powerful naval fleet in 1805 under the command of Admiral Nelson, had defeated the armies of Spain and France, in the famous Trafalgar battle, which made contact between Europe and America very difficult. The english would not let the colonial wealth pass, because they knew that it would be used to invade England itself.
"In 1808, Spain was invaded by the Napoleon armies and King Carlos IV and his heir Fernando VII were taken prisoner by the French. For the first time the inhabitants of the kingdoms of Spain and of the Indies surprised contemplated the disappearance of the royal link that united them. In New Spain, the viceroyalty authorities declared that the imprisonment of the monarchs did not change anything "legitimately established powers must continue as usual". But the creoles claimed that there was a new political situation, and pointed out that the situation forced to raise the question of where resided sovereignty and who should take it given the circumstances at the time." (Enrique Florescano. 1987)
Whilst the Kings were prisoners of the french, the peninsular spanish authorities made their power omnipotent in America, which accelerated the creole insurgent movement, in addition to the liberal current that was brewing among an important sector of Spain. Thus several small insurgent conatuses began to sprout, led by creoles, but all were quickly stifled; in part because they did not have popular support and in part, because three centuries later, the spaniards already had a true army organized, disciplined and armed, that immediately
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- ↑ Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte (7 January 1768 – Italy, 28 July 1844) was the elder brother of Napoleon I of France, who made him King of Naples and Sicily (1806–1808), and later King of Spain and the Indies as Joseph I of Spain (1808–1813). After the fall of Napoleon I, Joseph styled himself "Comte de Survilliers" (English: Count of Survilliers).
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