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The ideals of the French Revolution inspired many criollos (Spanish born on America soil) from the Spanish colonies in South America, because they were very appealing: equlity among men, freedom of speech, freedoms and republican government. They contibuted to the independentist fervor in the colonies. Many future South American fighters for independence fougth together with Napolenoic armies in Europe, motivated by the revolutionary fervor of France. However, the proclamation of Napoleon as emperor was a disillusion to Bolívar in 1804, he thought such an act was a betrayal of republican ideals. He lost his respect for the French ruler.
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