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Feb 1, 1492
christopher columbus
he reached the carrebean islands in 1492 thinking he had reached the east indies. -
Feb 1, 1500
the inca extends
it extended 2,500 miles along the west coast of South America. It ran from present-day Ecuador in the north to Argentina in the south. -
Feb 1, 1521
spanish conquest
by 1519 cortes and his men landed in mexico and marched to the interior all the way to tenochtitlan. by 1521 they conquered the aztecs. -
independane for haiti
haiti had finally gotten independance fom france in 1804 -
invasion to portugual
Napoleon’s armies invaded Portugal.As the French army approached the capital of Lisbon, the Portuguese royal family boarded ships to escape capture. -
simon bolivar
he leads many countries of South America in their fight for independence from Spain. -
mexico's independence
spain ruled central america untill the 19th century and then mexico won idependance from spain in 1821. -
agustin de itrubide
Mexico achieved independence from Spain under Agustín de Iturbide. -
dom pedro
he was asked to rule Brazil as an independent country he agreed, and in September 1822 he declared independence from portugual. -
eperor in 1822
Agustín de Iturbide, who proclaimed himself emperor in 1822. -
united provinces of central america
the whole region declared it's independance from mexico and took the name of (UPCA) -
the split of the united provinces
they split into separate nations and became...EL SALVADOR, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA, GUATEMALA, and HONDURAS -
the death of simon bolivar
he died of a disease. He died poor and bitterly hated, but it was not long before South Americans began to pay tribute to the hero of their independence. -
independance for cuba
a long time after haiti got independace from france, cuba had gotten idependance from spain -
self-governing
After an occupation by United
States forces, the island became self-governing in 1902. -
pancho villa helps lead the mexican revolution
fought on the side of the Revolutionaries during the Mexican Revolution in 1910. -
institutional revolutionary party
political party in mexico.It helped to introduce democracy and
maintain political stability for much of the 20th century. -
capital of brasilia
the capital of brasilia was set in the interior of Brazil so it will drag people in to the middle of the place -
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
was from colombia and won the Nobel Prize for literature
