<P> These conflicts started in 1809 with short - lived governing juntas established in Chuquisaca and Quito in opposing the government of the Supreme Central Junta of Seville . In 1810 , numerous new juntas appeared across the Spanish domains in the Americas when the Central Junta fell to the French invasion . Although various regions of Spanish America objected to many crown policies , `` there was little interest in outright independence ; indeed there was widespread support for the Spanish Central Junta formed to lead the resistance against the French . '' While some Spanish Americans believed that independence was necessary , most who initially supported the creation of the new governments saw them as a means to preserve the region 's autonomy from the French . Over the course of the next decade , the political instability in Spain and the absolutist restoration under Ferdinand VII convinced many Spanish Americans of the need to formally establish independence from the mother country . </P>
<P> These conflicts started in 1809 with short - lived governing juntas established in Chuquisaca and Quito in opposing the government of the Supreme Central Junta of Seville . In 1810 , numerous new juntas appeared across the Spanish domains in the Americas when the Central Junta fell to the French invasion . Although various regions of Spanish America objected to many crown policies , `` there was little interest in outright independence ; indeed there was widespread support for the Spanish Central Junta formed to lead the resistance against the French . '' While some Spanish Americans believed that independence was necessary , most who initially supported the creation of the new governments saw them as a means to preserve the region 's autonomy from the French . Over the course of the next decade , the political instability in Spain and the absolutist restoration under Ferdinand VII convinced many Spanish Americans of the need to formally establish independence from the mother country . </P>
what sector of latin american society led the movement for independence
what sector of latin american society led the movement for independence
governing juntas
governing juntas