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When Napoleon seized the Spanish throne and replaced it with a French king, criollos in Latin America

believed Napoleon would make things better.
believed the people should take control.
supported the new French king.
supported reinstating the Spanish king.

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supported reinstating the Spanish king.

Criollos rejected Napoleon’s imposition of Joseph Bonaparte and professed loyalty to Ferdinand VII, often forming juntas that governed in the deposed king’s name as a step toward later independence.