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Period: 200 to
Classic Period
Classic Period in Maya History -
Period: 300 to
Aztecs, Toltecs, Caribs, Tupi, Maya, and Inca.
Indegeous people started to lived in Latin America. -
Feb 25, 1248
Aztecs
Aztecs arrived in central mexican valley -
Jan 1, 1492
First landing in The Americas.
Christopher Columbus lands in the Americas. -
Jun 1, 1501
Slavery
The Spanish colonists of begin importing African slaves -
Feb 25, 1519
Panama
city of Panama founded -
Mar 1, 1519
Spain conquers Mexico 1519 - 1521
Spanish forces led by Hernando Cortés arrive and conquer Mexico -
Apr 22, 1519
Hernan Cortez and the Aztec Empire
Hernan Cortez, with a force of 600 Spaniards and 5000 Tlaxcalan auxiliaries, conquered the Aztec Empire -
Jun 1, 1521
Cortez
Cortez defeats the Aztecs and conquers their capital Tenochtitlan -
Feb 21, 1531
Francisco Pizarro
In 1531, with permission from the Spanish king, Francisco Pizarro eliminated the Incan rule in western South America. -
Jun 1, 1576
Epidemic in Mexico
A smallpox epidemics in Mexico kills more than a million people -
Haiti
Haiti was the first Latin American country to gain independence from France. -
Independece in South America
Under the leadership of a new generation of leaders, such as Simon Bolivar of Venezuela, Jose de San Martin of Argentina, and other Libertadores in South America, the independence movement regained strength. -
Brazil & Mexico
Brazil achieved independence with a constitutional monarchy established in 1822. In the same year in Mexico, a military officer, Agustin de Iturbide, led a coalition of conservatives and liberals who created a constitutional monarchy. -
Creation of A Republic
This First Mexican Empire was short-lived, and was followed by the creation of a republic. -
Indepence in most of Latin America
All Spanish American Countries except for Puerto Rico and Cuba, had gained independence from Spain. -
free schooling
Costa Rica introduced free schooling -
The Mexican Revolution 1910-1917
The Mexican Revolution begins when citizens rise up against oppressive rulers. A new constitution is adopted in 1917. -
Cold War
The Cold War moved close to the United States, in Latin America. Countries in Latin America faced many critical problems, including widespread poverty and poor health care -
Democracy
Beginning in the 1980s and by the early 1990s, all countries had restored their democracies. -
Panama Canal
US handed over Panama Canal Zone to Panama -
El Salvador
El Salvador : Archbishop Oscar Romero assassinated in his Cathedral -
Period: to Feb 25, 1500
Mayan
Post-Classic Period in Maya History
