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Pirates destroy Granada
English, French and Dutch pirates captured and destroyed the city of Granada which was Nicaragua’s center of agricultural wealth.
http://www.granadanicaragua.net/en/history.html
The source above is a travel website that also provides a brief history of Granada. The website said that during these pirate attacks people would hide in a castle by the name of El Castillo. This castle protected them from the pirates. -
Leon vs. Granada
The divide between conservatives and liberals is established in Nicaragua with a feud between Leon and Granada. They disagreed on the trade policies of Nicaragua and this lead to open warfare.
(Link is on document submitted in schoology)
I found a book via Google Books titled Patriarch and Folk: The Emergence of Nicaragua. It went into more detail about the differences of the two cities. Leon was the center for politics, religion and education but Granada had significant economic advantages. -
Zelaya's Rise
Liberal Jose Santos Zelaya rose to power. He was a dictator that opened the country to foreign investment, increased production of goods and infrastructure.
http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/presidentscentralamerica/p/08JSZelaya.htm
This website provides information about various topics for educational purposes. It said that when Zelaya interacted with foreign countries he would sell them concessions and keep the money. He also increased taxes and siphoned from state monopolies. -
Marines into Managua
United States sent marines into Managua but it did not create any relief from the conservative- liberal strife. From this conflict led to the rise of Anastasio Somoza Garcia. http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/usmchist/nicar.txt
This source from the Marine Corps discusses that America interfered in Nicaragua to protect their own interests. President Coolidge went as far as to send his own representative to Nicaragua. -
Facism supporter
Samoza Garcia supported facism in order to garner support from the business sector and upper class. http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/anastasio-somoza-garca-5875.php
This website gives summaries of the lives of famous people. Another way Samoza Garcia gained power was by changing the constitution in 1938. The constitution gave almost all power to the executive branch. -
Samoza Garcia's Rise
Samoza Garcia forced his uncle to resign as President. He urged Congress to instate him.
http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/historyofcentralamerica/p/somozagarcia.htm
This website is the same site that provides information about various educational topics. Before his presidency, Samoza Garcia was already popular with the US government since he could provide them with connections. The US actually urged his predecessor to elect Samoza Garcia as head of the National Guard. -
Largest Land Owner
Samoza Garcia was Nicaragua’s largest land owner. http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/anastasio-somoza-garca-5875.php
One was Samoza Garcia gained property was after he ordered the Nicaraguan government to take all the German-owned land. -
Anti-communist Stance
Late 40s and early 50s- Somoza Garcia supported labor but also kept an anticommunist stance. While this is not a particular event but rather a time period it is important to understand that Somoza Garcia’s support of the right is what prevented America from interfering in his regime.
http://countrystudies.us/nicaragua/11.htm
This website provides a case study of Nicaragua. The Somoza regime goes as far to put anticommunist rhetoric in their constitution in 1947. -
Assassination of Somoza Garcia
The assassination of Somoza Garcia is an important event during this time period because it marks the transition to the continued Somoza regime.
http://countrystudies.us/nicaragua/11.htm
While Somoza Garcia was going to a party in Leon to celebrate his presidential nomination he was wounded by a Nicaraguan poet. -
Formation of the FSLN
The formation of the Sandinista National Liberation Front is important to the Samozan regime because it is the first strong opposition that eventually brings the downfall of the Somozas.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sandinista
This database gives general overviews of various topics. The FSLN was a group of revolutionaries that were committed to socialism and were determined to overthrow the Somozan government. -
Transfer of Power
1967- Transfer of power from Luis Somoza Debayle to Anastasio Somoza Debayle. http://countrystudies.us/nicaragua/11.htm
This website is a case study of the Somoza Era in Nicaragua. Running against Anastasio were three parties, the conservatives, Christian Social Part and Independent Liberal Party, that were all represented by the National Opposition Union. This group elected Fernando Aguero to run against Anastasio. -
Earthquake destroys Managua
The earthquake that destroyed Managua is an important event because the public became aware that most of the international aid intended to help them went into the pocket of the Somoza family.
This caused a large amount of the population to oppose them, even the National Guard.
http://countrystudies.us/nicaragua/11.htm
The earthquake killed approximately 10,000 people and left 50,000 families without a home. -
Somoza Debayle flees Nicaragua
It is important that Anastasio Somoza Debayle fled Nicaragua because it marks the end of the Somoza regime and the birth of a junta ruled government.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anastasio-Somoza-Debayle
This database gives general overviews of various topics. When Debayle fled Nicaragua he went to Miami, the Bahamas, and then Paraguay where he was assassinated.
