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Freedom is declared from Spain thanks to Jose de San Martín and his soliders.
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On September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest, launched the Mexican War of Independence and won winning independence from Mexico.
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Bolívar and his 6,500 soldiers start the fight for independence.
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On January 1, 1804, Dessalines declared the nation independent and renamed it Haiti. Haiti was the first black republic in the world.
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The Maya are an indigenous people of Mexico and Central America they lived in present-day Yucatan, Tabasco, and Chiapas in Mexico.
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The United States declares Independence on July 4th
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John Locke writes The Second Treatise on Government an important book about Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government
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Thomas Hobbes writes this important book about the views of man called the Leviathan.
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Pizarro invaded the Incan Empire causing their fall.
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Hernan Cortés invaded Mexico in 1519 and conquered the Aztec Empire. Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador, or conqueror, best remembered for conquering the Aztec empire in 1521 and claiming Mexico for Spain.
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The Incas, an American Indian people, were originally a small tribe in the southern highlands of Peru. Their skill in government was matched by their feats of engineering.
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The Olmecs were the first major civilization in Mexico. They lived in the present-day Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco.
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The Aztecs were Nahuatl-speaking people who in the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is now central and southern Mexico.
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France writes the Declaration of the Rights on Man in 1789.
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Bolívar and his team won the war and gained independence for Gran Columbia
