Evaluate the importance of foreign intervention in one independence movement in the Americas.

The question requires that candidates make an appraisal of the importance of foreign intervention in one independence movement in the Americas. Candidates may refer to the different actions taken by foreign nations, considering their competition with colonial powers, like in the case of Britain and Spain, or Britain and France. Candidates may evaluate the political and ideological influence that many foreign ideas had (especially the ideas from the Enlightenment) that fuelled the independence movements in most of the nations in the Americas, as well as the aid given by foreign countries in terms of arms and soldiers. Other relevant factors may be addressed, for example the economic interests behind foreign interventions, the need for new markets and commercial relations, and the potential for future investments in the region. Candidates may also evaluate those cases where foreign intervention led to crisis and the loss of territory. Candidates’ opinions or conclusions will be presented clearly and supported by appropriate evidence.

Very few weak responses to this question that demanded the evaluation of the importance of foreign intervention in one independence movement in the Americas. The Cuban War for independence was addressed, which did not fit the time frame of the section.