When Napoleon seized the Spanish throne and replaced it with a French king, criollos in Latin America believed the people should take control.
The creole nationalists wanted to stop the European powers from controlling them and their aim to end the European powers over them began when Napoleon assumed control of Portugal and Spain.
The French emperor Napoleon broke the chain of control from Spanish kings to the local governors. The loyalty to the napoleon states was rejected and the criollos seek for their independence.
The creoles wanted to take control of the peninsular by sending some officials from the motherland to seize control of the peninsulas; however, they were able to achieve their goal after the civil war that took place between 1808 and 1826.
The criollos are Latin America and Spanish descendants. The criollos were different from Latin Americans of post-colonial and multi-racial Latin Americans.
In the 16th century, the criollos were a social class in the rank of the colonies created by Spain, the colonies established in Hispanic America. The colonists in Hispanic America comprises of people of Spanish ancestry. Criollos were Spaniards but ranked below people there were born in the Iberian Peninsula. During the 16th century, they dominate other populations and also enslaved Africans.
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