Latinoamerica

LatinoamErica en el siglo XVII

By CL2k13

  • Haiti first gains independence from France

  • Venezuela and Paraguay gains independence from Spain

  • Argentina gains independence from Spain

  • Chile gains independence from Spain

  • Centroamerica declares independence from Mexico and Spain

  • Mexican Revolution

    Mexico tried to gain independence from 1810 - 1821. Finally, on September 16 1821, their independence was granted.

  • Ecuador gets free from Spain and joins Gran Colombia

  • Brazil declares independence from Portugal

  • USA proclaims the Monroe Doctrine will help colonies under Spain become free

  • Bolivia declares independence from Spain

  • Venezuela sets free from Gran Colombia

  • Simon Bolivar, known revolutionary leader, dies of tuberculosis

  • Andrew Jackson wants all land above longitude 37 N

  • Americans declare liberation from Texas

  • President John Tyler annexes Texas and makes it the 38th state

  • USA buys Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, and Colorado through a treaty

  • Through Gadsden Purchase, USA buys Arizona and New Mexico

  • American William Walker invades Nicaragua to create more Spanish-speaking countries

  • France tries to take over Mexico

  • Paraguay wants more land

  • Cuba tries to gain independence but fails to do so

  • Bolivia tries to gain access to the sea; Border disputes appear between Chile, Peru, and Bolivia

  • The United States liberates Guam from Spain

  • A movement of politicians and philosophers redesigns Spain after the Spanish-American War

  • Peace Treaty in Paris

  • Spain loses the Spanish-American War and calls the war "El desastre"

  • Platt Amendment

  • President Theodore Roosevelt helps Panama gain independence

  • The Panama Canal is finally built

  • The Panama Canal is turned over to the Panamanian government