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Portugal held claim to any and all undiscovered lands west of a certain longitude. After Columbus’ return, both Spain and Portugal laid claims to the new lands, forcing the pope to sort things out.
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Waldseemller draws a world map on which he names the new continent America after Amerigo Vespucci
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After the New World was discovered, Spain soon realized that it was an incredibly valuable resource that should be pacified and colonized. Only two things stood in their way
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recognizes Brazil's borders, and hands Sacramento to Spain in return for Jesuit missions
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British takes control over new France!
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In 1793, Cuba opened the first public library of Spanish America
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Father Miguel Hidalgo issues his "Cry o.
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Independence of Argentina was declared on July 9, 1816 by the Congress of Tucumán
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General San Martin gathered an army to cross the Andes. They were to liberate Spanish-held Chile.
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Chilean War of Independence was an armed conflict between pro-Independence criollos who sought political and economic independence from Spain and royalist criollos, who supported the continued allegiance to and permanence within the Spanish Empire of the Kingdom of Chile.
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After the Mexican-born Spanish and the Catholic Church joined the revolution, Spain was finally defeated in 1821
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He survived many assassination attempts, he could not hide from or fight tuberculosis, and he died.
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Latin America's first railroad was built in Cuba!
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Mexico went to war with the United States after a series of skirmishes on the border. After the war ended everything went from bad to worse.
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The most devastating war ever fought in South America, fought between Paraguay and the allied countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.
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During that time, Mexico modernized, adding plantations, industry, mines and transportation infrastructure. Poor Mexicans suffered greatly, however, and conditions for the most destitute were terribly cruel.
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Princess Isabella established slavery in Brazil.
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Spanish found Santo Domingo in the island of Hispaniola. It was the first Spanish town in the Americas
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Che's mission was to attack the massive military fortress at Santa Clara. 4,000 were armed
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Francisco Pizarro lands in Panama and joins Vasco N£nez de Balboa's expedition across the Isthmus of Panama, becoming the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
