Between enlightened and liberal: from the first riots to the independence of Central America
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https://doi.org/10.5377/ryr.v1i60.19869Keywords:
enlightened, creoles, riots, belen conspiracy, independence, French RevolutionAbstract
The ideas of the Enlightenment influenced the Creole elites of the Audiencia of Guatemala, who applied them during the first revolutionary mutinies of 1811. Phenomena such as the independence of the United States, the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution had a favorable impact on the Creoles' search for autonomy from the Spanish authorities. The term Enlightenment should be considered in a triple sense: the first is related to its use in the Iberian nation; the second refers to the French “Age of Enlightenment”; and the third to the definition of enlightenment used by the Germans. Although they present etymological differences, they all refer to the changes experienced by European societies as they left behind the elements of the Ancien Régime, i.e., medieval scholasticism. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to analyze the influence of these ideas, which motivated Creole leaders and intellectuals to promote the separation of the Central American colonies from the Spanish monarchy in 1821. The subject will be approached from the perspective of social and political history with an interdisciplinary approach, starting from the question: How did the Enlightenment ideas influence the Central American independence processes?
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