The "crisis of legitimacy" that undermined colonial authority in Latin America was caused by:
a. revolutionary ideas.
b. the collapse of the imperial economy.
c. Napoleon's invasion of Spain and Portugal.
d. a peasant uprising that overthrew the Viceroyalty.
e. the example of the American War for Independence against Britain.
ANSWER:
c
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