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This treaty essentially ceded Brazil to the Poruguese while keeping the rest of the world to Spain, therefore laying the frame work for the modern demegraphics of Latin America.
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In 1519, Hernando Cortes and his troops marched into the interior of Mexico. Until they reached Tenoctitlan. By 1521 Cortez and his men had completly conquered Mexico.
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Massive Earthquake destroys the city of Santiago.
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In the 1790s, Toussiant led a slave rebellion in Haiti and took over the goverment of the island. By 1804, Haiti had achvied independence from France.
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After Brazils defeat over Napoleon many Brazilians wanted indpendence. But Portugal wanted it to remain a colony. Finally many Brazillians signed petitions asking Dom Pedro, the son of Portugal's King to, to rule Brazil as an idependent country. He agreed, and in September of 1822, he declared Brazil's Independence from Portugal.
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Also called the Transcontinental Treaty of 1819, the Adams-Onis Treaty was one of the critical events that defined the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Colombia got their independence from Spain. Simon Bolavar played a very big role in this event.
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Mexico achieved independence frome Spain under Agustin de Iturbide, who proclaimed himself emperor in 1822.
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In 1821, El Salvador was independent from Spain.
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Ecuador got their independence from Spain, and once again Simon Bolivar has a big role.
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By the late 1830s, the United Provinces had split into seperate nations. These became El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras.
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Mexico went to war with the United States in 1846 after a series of skirmishes on the border. The Americans invaded Mexico on two fronts and captured Mexico City in May of 1848.
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After defeating the French Invasion, Mexico was free.
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The Panama Canal was built between 1904 to 1914. The Canal cuts through the land bridge and connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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The Mexican Revolution starts with Generals Zapata, Villa, Madero, Huerta, and Carranza.
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Reggae developed in Jamaica in the 1960's . Many reggae songs deal with social problems and and religion. Bob Marley of Jamaica was a pioneer of of reggae.
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Raul Alfonsin was elected president of Argentina in that nation's first free election in many years. He along with his goverment was faced with a ruined economy after years of millitary rule.
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Mercosour is an economic common market that started operating in 1995. It began operating in the cone of South America.
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In 2000, Vicente Fox became the first non-PRI president since the adoption of Mexico's constituition in 1927.
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In 1879, Chile and Bolivia went to war after spending decades bickering over a border dispute. As a result of the war, Chile gained the disputed coastal province once and for all, leaving Bolivia landlocked, and also gained the province of Arica from Peru.
