What role did the French Revolution play in sparking independence movements in the Spanish colonies of the Americas?
The French Revolution inspired many revolutions around the world in the same that that the American Revolution had inspired the French--it showed that great powers could be thwarted.
Answer:
Diffusion of the book Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and a violent precendent of destruction of the Ancient Regime.
Explanation:
The French Revolution meant the diffusion of the book Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in the Spanish American intelligentsia and a precedent of overthrow of the Ancient Regime and its replacement by a Republican regime.