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Why would criollos living in Latin America find Enlightenment ideals appealing and inspiring?

The criollos were denied political power in their homeland because they had not been born in Spain.
They found out that Napoleon planned to make the criollos more like slaves in their home territories.
Most of them learned about Enlightenment ideals when they attened universities in France and saw the revolution happen.
They were inspired by the national unity brought about by the American and French Revolutions.