Latin American independence

From the late 1700s through the mid 1800s, most of North and South America achieves independence from European colonial powers. Possible catalyst include the ideas of the Enlightenment from the early 1700s, and the turmoil in Europe at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries (French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, etc.). You also have the emergence of revolutionary figures like Simon Bolivar.