Morelos, Bolivar and Latin American IndependenceSpain was a global superpower in matters of wealth and achievement derived from the arts and academia, travel and territorial conquests. Of these achievements, their most valuable achievement was the acquisition of a major part of Latin America, where their influence reached from the northern borders of Mexico all the way to South America. They abused the resources they found, deceived the natives while demolishing their culture and population. In turn, this gave rise to a series of rebellions by the oppressed against the conquistadors to take back the land and implement laws and social standards that benefited the people and gave them back the rights they had been deprived of. on occasion during chaotic rebellions, include José Morelos and Simón Bolívar. Both of these leaders sought great reforms for the Latin American people. How the indigenous people would be governed and the rights they believed to be equal for all were the general premise of Bolivar and Morelos' goals. However, when it came to issues surrounding executions and how Latin America should be handled after the rebellion, opinions differed. Morelos uses his piece The Sentiments of the Nation to justify his ideals regarding a democratic state that was strongly theocratic in manner. Bolívar, by contrast, had a more efficient plan. In his speech delivered at the inauguration of the Second National Congress of Venezuela, Bolívar supports the idea of ​​governing Latin America as a republic. The Sentiments of the Nation is a defensive piece that lays the foundation for the Constitutional Decree for the Freedom of Venezuela of Morelos Mexican America. The article has twenty-three… half the paper… mostly because the republican form of government was more about the needs of the people. Morelos's view was attractive for its similarity to that of Bolivar, but his overemphasis on theocracy as part of his project of democratic foundation was unappealing. For something to be a democracy, one would expect fair treatment of everyone and great tolerance. But Morelos' ideas made the government too theocentric. From the lack of religious tolerance to the establishment of the constitution, his plans were too exclusivist. Both Morelos and Bolivar had different kinds of political opinions on how to govern Latin America. Morelos wanted to maintain the traditional caste system used by the Spanish. Bolivar wanted a republic, a system for the people. He felt that the government used abroad would not work in the Americas.