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Portugal gained control over the land which is now Brazil.
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Hernando cortes and his men landed in the coast of Mexico in 1519. Cortes and his men marched to the interior of Mexico until they reached the aztec city of Tenochitlan. They conquered the Aztecs.
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Francisco Pizarro invades and conquers the Inca empire in Peru
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Jesuit state of Paraguay is established.
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Santiago and Chile is destroyed by an earthquake.
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Spanish establish viceroyalty of New Granada, encompassing
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the countries of South America sought their independence from Spain in the first half of the 19th century.
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Haiti declared independence from France
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Napoleon’s armies invaded Portugal. As the French army approached the capital of Lisbon, the Portuguese royal family boarded ships to escape capture.
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After Napoleon’s defeat in 1815, many people in
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When Mexico declared independende from Sapin
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Central America had been governed by Mexico but then in 1823 Central America declared independence from Mexico
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The United Provinces of Central America separated and became El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and
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Peace treaty fixes frontier between Argentina and Chile along the ridge of the Andes.
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Cuba achieved independence from Spain as a result of the Spanish-American War.
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Cuba wasn't self-governed until 1902 by the help of the United States forces.
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A new political party arose in Mexico and it was called the PRI. It helped introduce democracy and maintain political stability
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Reggae develpoed in jamaica in 1960. Many reggae songs deal
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African music, Caribbean music, and American music all fed into the
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Trinidad & Tobago didnt reach full independence from Great Britain until 1962.
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Vicente Fox is elected new president of Mexico.
