Trading Simulation Timeline - Nicaragua

By holly.mcdonald
  • 1522

    Discovery

    Discovery
    Spanish explorer Gil Gonzalez de Avila names Nicaragua after a local Indian chief, Nicarao.

  • Independence

    Independence
    Nicaragua becomes fully independent from Spain but is incorporated into the Mexican empire.

  • Fully Independent

    Fully Independent
    Nicaragua becomes a fully independant republic from the Mexican Empire

  • Dictatorship

    Dictatorship
    General Jose Santos Zelaya, a Liberal, seizes power and establishes a dictatorship.

  • Help From the USA

    Help From the USA
    US troops help depose Zelaya and establish military bases a few years later.

  • Resistance Against the USA

    Resistance Against the USA
    Guerrillas led by Augusto Cesar Sandino campaign against US military presence.

  • End of Sandino's Resistance

    End of Sandino's Resistance
    Sandino killed on the orders of the National Guard commander, General Anastasio Somoza Garcia.

  • General Somoza

    General Somoza
    General Somoza elected president, heralding the start of a 44-year-long dictatorship by his family.

  • The End of General Somoza

    The End of General Somoza
    General Somoza assassinated, but is succeeded as president by his son, Luis Somoza Debayle.

  • Sandinista Revolution

    Sandinista Revolution
    The assassination of the leader of the opposition Democratic Liberation Union, Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, triggers a general strike and brings together moderates and the FSLN in a united front to oust Somoza.