High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Spanish American wars of independence were the numerous wars against Spanish rule in Spanish America that took place during the early 19th century, from 1808 until 1829. The conflict started in 1808, with juntas established in Mexico and Montevideo in reaction to the events of the Peninsular War, and ultimately resulted in the creation of a chain of newly independent countries stretching from Argentina and Chile in the south to Mexico in the north. Only Cuba and Puerto Rico remained under Spanish rule until the Spanish American War in 1898. During the Peninsular War, Spain found itself cut off from its empire and without stable leadership. The war in Europe ultimately convinced the Spanish Americans of the need to establish independence from the mother country and various revolutions broke out through Spanish America.