The American Revolution was the main cause of the revolutions in Latin America. Like the American colonists, people in Latin American countries were tired of being treated poorly by the European countries. When the American colonists revolted and won their independence from Britain, it showed citizens of other countries that they didn’t have to live under European rule. People throughout Latin America organized revolts and fought for their independence, just as the Americans did.

“a monarchy is indeed the most powerful of any… but then there is imminent danger of his employing that strength to improvident or oppressive purposes.”—william blackstone, commentaries on the laws of england which of the following documents addressed blackstone’s concern in this quote? the magna carta, because it limited the power of the king. common sense, because it encouraged american colonists to declare independence. the mayflower compact, because it created a government and the first written laws for plymouth settlers. the english bill of rights, because it later influenced the u.s. bill of rights.