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Jan 1, 1524
The beginning of El Salvador
Spaniards take control of what is now El Salvador from native americans.
<-A conquistador -
Jan 1, 1540
A colony
El salvador becomes a Spanish colony.
<- Colonial Central America -
One huge colony
El Salvador becomes part of the huge expanse of Spanish colony called Viceroyalty of the Rio De la Plata
<-Flag of the Viceroyalty Rio De la Plata -
An independant El Salvador.
El Salvador wins independence from a Spain.
<-The El Salvadoran independence general -
A confederation of states.
El Salvador becomes part of the United Provinces with Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica.
<-The United Province Coat Of Arms -
Breakup of the confederation.
El Salvador becomes fully independent with the breakup of the United Provinces.
<-United Province Coat Of Arms -
COFFEE
President Gerardo Barrios introduces coffee, lifting the economy.
<-Coffee beans -
A soccer war
El Salvador enters a brief war with Honduras after a heated soccer match; hence the name. -
Civil war
El Salvador enters a guerilla civil war, the rebels being led by the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMNLF)
<-In the midst of a battle in the civil war -
End of the civil war
The civil war ends with the original government winning. -
Earthquake
In 2001 an earhquake devestates San Salvador with at least 944 people killed and 5,565 injured
