Over the late 18th and the early 19th centuries, a cry for independence thundered in the New World. The revolutions in the 13 British colonies and the revolutions in Latin America echoed similar desires and sentiments: freedom, equality and democracy. The results of the revolutions were stunning; democratic republics were setup throughout North, Central and South America. However, differences in culture, social order and standing, economy and leadership set these new republics on different paths; the British colonies in North America achieve stability and prosperity while their Latin American counterparts struggled with internal conflict and continued external domination. Today, you will discovery some of the reasons for the disparity by investigating the question:
"Why were British North American colonists better prepared for Independence than their Latin American neighbors to the south?”