Latin America

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  • 300

    The Maya in Latin America

    The Maya in Latin America
    Maya culture developed in three regions in Mesoamerica.
  • 500

    Things happened in Honduras

    The principal city in this region was Tikal, but the spread of urbanization extended south to Honduras; the southernmost Mayan city was Copan in northern Honduras.
  • Jan 1, 1200

    Incas

    Incas
    Mostly Incas lived in Peru
  • Jan 10, 1248

    Aztecs arrival

    Aztecs arrived in central mexican valley
  • Jan 1, 1430

    New empire then abandoned

    The Incas started building it around AD 1430 but was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a hundred years later, at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
  • Jan 1, 1523

    Conquering

    Pedro de Alvarado conquered Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
  • Jan 1, 1531

    Spanish vs. Inca

    Within 30 minutes up to 3000 Incas had been killed. An Empire was gone forever.
  • Jan 1, 1571

    "Spanish Galleon"

    "Spanish Galleon"
    began run between Acapulco and Manila

  • Charles II, Last Hasburg King of Spain

    He is noted for his extensive physical, intellectual, and emotional problems – along with the consequent ineffectual rule – as well as his role in the developments preceding the War of Spanish Succession.

  • Territories lost and gained

    Territories lost and gained
    New Spain lost Florida to Great Britain but gained Louisiana from France.

  • Expulsion

    Expulsion
    1767 Expulsion of Jesuits

  • Simon Bolivar

    Simon Bolivar was one of South America's greatest generals. His victories over the Spaniards won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. He is called El Liberator (The Liberator) and the "George Washington of South America."

  • During US-Mexico War

    1846-1848 US-Mexican War. Four campaigns -- Taylor in Northern Mexico, Kearny in New Mexico, naval blockage of both coasts and Scott's campaign from Vera Cruz to Mexico City.

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the War. Terms of peace included payment by the United States of $15 million for Mexico Cession.

  • During the Cival War

    French army captured Mexico City and Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Hungary, a Hapsburg, proclaimed second Emperor of Mexico.

  • Banana introduced

    banana cultivation introduced in Honduras

  • Lost city of the Inca

    Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows.

  • NAFTA

    Mexico joined the U. S. and Canada in NAFTA, effective January 1, 1994.

  • South America Today

    South America has an area of 17 million km², or almost 3.5% of the Earth's surface.

  • The Dresden Codex, Maya Book

    The Dresden Codex is a pre-Columbian Maya book of the eleventh or twelfth century of the Yucatecan Maya in Chichén Itzá.