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Spanish went to Guatemala thinking it was India so they called the indigenous people Indians. They conquered them and traded gold and colonized all their cities.
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Indigenous Guatemalan population crushed and Guatemala becomes a Spanish colony under the control of the Captaincy General of Guatemala
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The king in Spain is overthrown or replaced by Napoleon meaning that Spain is passing through a really rough time.
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Guatemala gains Indpendence from Spain and stops being a colony, now its a free country.
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Guatemala joins the Mexican empire to help each other because both of them had their independence in very close time.
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Guatemala and Mexico are no longer together, they decide to separate from each other.
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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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Guatemala becomes fully independent following the dissolution of the United Provinces of Central America
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Rafael Carrerea takes control as the first of many Guatemalan liberal dictators up to 1945
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The mayan civilization took a great part of the Guatemalan history. The lived in Peten in a huge city named Tikal. They believed in many Gods and their cities had lots of pyramids. They were great hunters and great astronomers. This happened years ago.
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A Guatemalan constitution was adopted which was subsequently amended on several occasions
