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Christopher Columbus landed on Ayiti, and claimed the island for Spain. He renamed it La Isla Espanola. It Became the first Spanish settlement in the Americas.
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Columbus anchored at St. Croix .
Several of the Carib Indians began firing arrows at the returning boat and some members of each side were hurt and killed. Columbus named the area Cabo de las Flechas, or Cape of the Arrows. -
The first recorded Spanish explorer to lead an European expedition to the Southeast was Ponce de León in A.D.
The goal of these expeditions was to find and acquire wealth tthat was found in South and Central America. -
Miguel Hidalgo was a priest in a small village of Dolores took the first step toward independence in 1810.
The army defeated him in 1811.
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Napoleon's armies onvaded both Spain and Portugal in 1807.
in 1815 Napoleon's defeated after portuguese ran thier empire for 14 years.
In 1822 the Creoles demanded Brazil's independence from Portugal. On September 7, 1822 King Jon Decleared Brazil independence -
Venezula decleared its independence from spain.
Spain regained control of the country by july of 1812 -
In northern Argentina, the Army of the north had been defeated by the Spanish, clearly proving that the route to Peru through the Upper Peru (Bolivia) would be too difficult. In July of 1816 San Martin finally got approval for his plan to cross into Chile and attack Peru from the south from President Juan Martín de Pueyrredon.
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In 1817 Martin led an army on a grueling march acorss the Andes to chile. Martin planned to drive the remaining force out of lima Peru in 1821.
