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Guatemala´s Independence

  • The French Revolution

    The French Revolution
    This was a political and social conflict, with different stages of wars that caused them France and also marked the end of Feudalism and Absolutism.
  • Independence of the USA UU (U.S)

    Independence of the USA UU (U.S)
    On this date the Declaration of Independence of the United States is made, arriving to that I proclaim its separation with the British Empire.
  • Independence of Haiti

    Independence of Haiti
    This was an example, the rebellion of slaves against the rule of France achieved that, in 1804, Haiti gained independence, were the first Latin American nation to obtain independence and the second in America.
  • The Commercial Monopoly

    The Commercial Monopoly
    Spain concentrated all its attention on the exploitation of the gold and silver mines of its American colonies, through a strict commercial monopoly, in which Spain was the only one that could sell to the colonies and the only one that could buy them.
  • The first independence movement

    The first independence movement
    It took place in El Salvador is known as: The first cry of the Independence of Central America, was an uprising against the authorities of Guatemala.
  • Cádiz Constitution

    Cádiz Constitution
    After the arrival of Napoleón Bonaparte, this one began an expansion of the French Empire by Europe, invading Spain in 1804, causing a crisis in the Spanish monarchy and the summoning to the American colonies.
  • The Declaration of Independence of Guatemala

    The Declaration of Independence of Guatemala
    After several conflicts in South America and the establishment of the Mexican Empire, on September 15, 1821, independence was declared in the Kingdom of Guatemala. The act of Independence was signed at the Royal Palace in New Guatemala the Asunción.
  • The annex of Guatemala with Mexico

    The annex of Guatemala with Mexico
    It was a process that happened very temporarily, when the Ceter American provinces encountered the first Mexican empire, Guatemala did it so that someone else could govern them but they did not go out as they wanted.
  • The National Assembly

    The National Assembly
    He assembled a remarkable group of intellectuals, which the historian Marure describes as "the most numerous and accredited meeting of scholars that the Republic has ever seen." The first agreement of the National Constituent Assembly says that the annexation of Central America to Mexico was violent and tyrannical, in fact, and null and void.
  • Absolute independence

    Absolute independence
    That was a document that founded the United Provinces of Central America and gave continuity to the convocation of September 15, 1821 for the Act of Independence.