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Pedro de Alvarado invaded with a Spanish expedision from Mexico to Guatemala
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Guatemalan population crushed and Guatemala became a Spanish colony
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Spain ecompased all of it´s territory including Guatemala
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The Spanish king is overthrown by Napoleon
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Guatemala gains independence from spain
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Guatemala became part of Mexican empire
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Guatemala broke away from Mexico
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Guatemala becomes part of the United Provinces of Central America, which also includes Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua
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Rafael Carrerea takes control as the first of many Guatemalan liberal dictators up to 1945
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A Guatemalan constitution was adopted which was subsequently amended on several occasions
