Before revision: Bolívar was in favor of forming a series of republics in the newly independent nations , whereas San Martín preferred the European system of rule and wanted to put monarchiesin place .
After revision: Bolívar was in favor of forming a series of republics in the newly independent nations , whereas San Martín preferred European and particularly British models of constitutional rule, hoping to build the liberated nations of South America as constitutional monarchiesbased on his own modifications to the political theory underlying the Constitution of the United States .