What event in the 19th-century Europe precipitated the movements for independence in Latin America?
A) The force abdication of the royal family of Spain during the Napoleonic wars.
B) The conquest of the Mughal empire by the Portuguese.
C) Spain's loss of colonial territories to the British during the War of Jenkin's Ear.
D) The Seven Years War and its aftermath.
Ans: A) The force abdication of the royal family of Spain during the Napoleonic wars.
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