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A student writing an essay identifying the causes of independence movements in Latin American and the Caribbean would include which of the following?(1 point)

religious persecution

Enlightenment ideas

decentralized government

the absence of slavery

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Enlightenment ideas.

They spread notions of natural rights, popular sovereignty, and challenges to absolute monarchy that inspired Creole leaders and other groups to seek independence. (Religious persecution wasn’t a major trigger in Catholic-dominated colonies; “decentralized government” is more a goal/outcome than a cause; the absence of slavery is incorrect — slavery existed and in places like Haiti its presence helped spark revolt.)