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Social inequality
Carlos I of Spain ordered that the natives were treated like subjects of the king. In spite of them, the three centuries of Spanish colonialism were characterized by social inequality, marginalization and racism. -
antagonism between Spaniards
Pedro de Alvarado and Pedrarias Dávila contributed to the emergence of the criollos by bringing the first Spanish women. -
illustration
the illustration influenced the leaders of the main political revolutions of the seventeenth century such as the independence of the United States of America in 1776 and the French Revolution in 1789 -
independence of the 13 colonies
-The measures imposed on the settlers by the English government at the end of the Seven Years' War with France.
-The political, social and economic consolidation that the colonists achieved for the liberties that the Crown had granted them initially, which have already been outlined in previous lines.
-The influence of the ideas of the Enlightenment, to which the colonists resorted to oppose the new provisions and justify the fight against the English Crown. -
uprising
in different provinces of the kingdom of Guatemala there were uprisings and riots that demanded that the Spanish authorities respect the rights of the locals. -
signs the act of independence
The Act of Independence is an official document that records the act by which the political bonds of the Kingdom of Guatemala with Spain were broken and with which the emancipation was obtained. It was drafted by José Cecilio del Valle, based, presumably, on a Plan Pacifico de Independencia gestated in the home of the Aycinena family, by members of this family and by ideologists such as Pedro Molina and Juan Francisco Barrundia -
annex of mexico
As the other countries of Central America wanted to become independent too, Guatemala decided to join Mexico. Immediately after the independence of Mexico, the annexation of Mexico with Guatemala is seen as an immediate consequence.
Brigadier Gabino Gainza and Agustin de Iturbide negotiate the annex of Mexico after independence. -
disannex of Mexico
The United Provinces of Central America, adhered to Mexico spontaneously on January 5, 1822, now propose their separation. During the viceroyalty, the Captaincy of Guatemala encompassed Central America and Chiapas; Central America had proclaimed itself independent of Spain on January 15, 1821, but on January 5, 1822, a document known as the "Act of the Union" was signed with Agustín de Iturbide, through which all of Central America and Chiapas were incorporated. to the Mexican Empire. -
republican federation
The Federal Republic of Central America was the union of the states of Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica established on November 22, 1824. It was born from the promulgation of a unifying constitution that emerged after the separation of these five colonies from domain of Spain in September 1821.
