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Aug 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus arrives to America
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Jesuits
Jesuits expelled from Haiti -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the British Parliament in April, 1764. -
Racial disctinction +
American Revolution -
American Revolution Starts
The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies -
Jose de San Martin
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Murican Independence
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No Respect for Creoles
In the Court of Caracas, no native Venezuelans were appointed from 1786 to 1810: during that time, ten Spaniards and four creoles from other areas served. This irritated the influential creoles who correctly felt that they were being ignored. -
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Before Simon Bolivar
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King Charles III from Spain's Death.
Spain Weakened. A powerful King died leaving his son, Charles IV king of Spain. Charles IV was weak and indecisive and mostly occupied himself with hunting, allowing his ministers to run the Empire. With a weak ruler and the Spanish military tied up, making its presence at the New World decreased making the creoles feel more ignored than ever. -
Bastille Day
On July 14, 1789, troops stormed the Bastille. This was a pivotal event at the beginning of the French Revolution. -
American Independence
A group formed of craftsmen and salesmen decided to fight back, the crowd knew that a pile of poweder was stocked in the Bastille, a prison that was a symbol of the King's absolute power, so they decided to attack it. -
Equal Rights
The General Assembly in Paris said "all the propretors... ought to be active citizens". Whcih excluded the Petit Blancs because most of them did not own property, this caused anger agaisnt the free persons of color. -
Jose San Martin and Army
He enlists for the Army -
Creole and African Slave Pact
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Voodoo Ceremony
The Haitian Revolution began with the Bois Caïman ceremony, a popular voodoo ceremony. Slaves met in the forest to create plans to burn down plantations and start a rebellion. -
Fire in an Estate
Some slaves began setting fire to an estate and eventually told white masters about the plan to rebel and the people leading it. -
Haitian Revolution
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Plantation to Plantation
The slaves marrch to the Limbé district, adding to their forces. The group moves from plantation to plantation, gaining control and establishing military camps. -
Slave Forces
The slave forces reach nearly 15,000. Slaves join because they “had deserted their plantations, by will or by force" -
Free Color people were given rights
Haitian People, were given more rights than usual -
Reign of Terror Starts
was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution -
Rebels Allied
rebles allied with the spanish later on the french abolished slavery. HAITI -
Reign of Terror Ends
Robespierre dies -
Coup D'Etat
The coup d’état that Napoleon made marks the end of the French Revolution and the beginning of Napoleon Bonaparte's dictatorship. -
Haitian Fight Begins
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L’Ouverture helped create a constitution on July 7, 1801.
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Double Crossed
Betray -
Haitian Revolution Ends
Slaves initiated the rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 they had succeeded in ending not just slavery but French control over the colony -
End
Dessalines declared the nation independent and renamed it Haiti. France became the first nation to recognize its independence. -
Napoleon crows himself emperor
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Emperor Jacques
Just short of three years after independence, Emperor Jacques I was assassinated as he marched. -
Napoleon Invades Spain
Napoleon was tired of how Charles IV was governing Spain so he decided to invade not only Spain but Portugal as well. He replaces Charles with his brother. -
Loyalty to Spain
Latin American countries said that they were loyal to Spain. Not loyal to Napoleon controlling Spain. -
Henri I
Henry Christophe had himself crowned King Henry I and changed the name of his "country" to the Kingdom of Haiti. Unlike Dessalines, he created a large batch of nobles and organized his kingdom more along the lines of European monarchies. -
Invation of Venezuela
Bolivar and his followers invaded Venezuela, the start of Bolivar's admirable campaign. -
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During Simon Bolivar
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Plans Approved
After many years of waiting, Jose de San Martin gets his plan to cross into Chile over the Andes Mountains approved by President Juan Martin de Pueyrredon. -
Bicycle
Baron Karl von Drais creates it -
Liberation of Original Republic of Colombia
Boilvar liberated the original republic of Colombia and was the first freed from the Spanish. Bolivar was later named president of Colombia. -
Jose de San Martin leaves for Peru
Jose de San Martin leaves for Peru in hope to liberate it. His plan is to make the citizens decide that they want independence, so he brings a printing press and bombards the citizens with pro-independence ideas. -
Jose de San Martin enters Lima
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Jose de San Martin enters Lima
After Jose de San Martin captured the two Peruvian cities, viceroy La Serna moved the Spanish army to Collao, basically abandoning the city of Lima to Jose de San Mrtin. The citizens, who were more afraid of a slave uprising, invited him and his army into the city of Lima. -
Peru delclares Independence.
Peru officially declares independence. Jose de San Martin is named "Protector of Peru" and during his short rule, he puts an end to a lot of horrible things. He did resign eventually. -
Bolivar meets San Martin
They both meet in Guayakil to talk about a strategy to liberate Peru. Bolivar took command of the operation. -
Simon Bolivar and Sucre
They lead 0k men to fight the Spanish in the battle of Juanin. Sucre takes action agianst the retreating Spaniards, while Bolivar must return to LIma to establish a government, -
Republic of Bolivia
Simon Bolivar makes the Republic. -
Independence of Brazil
Portugal recognize the independence of Brazil. -
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After Simon Bolivar
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Peru invades Bolivia
Invades Bolivia and Colombia declares war on Peru -
Colombia declares War on Peru
Peru invades Bolivia. -
Mexico - Slavery
Abolishes Slavery -
Ecuador annexes
They anex the Galapagos Island. -
Britain in Honduras
Britain occupies the coast of Honduras -
Invention of the Telegraph
Samuel Morse invents the telegraph, which allows messages to be sent quickly over a wire. By 1860, telegraph wires stretch from the east coast of the United States west of the Mississippi River. -
Jose de San Martin King
He retired and got the name King of Peru. -
Light Bulb
Edison made the first light bulb -
Bolivia, Peru vs Chile
War fought between this three countries. -
Electrical Power Plant
Thomas Edison made the first Power Plant. -
Steamboat
First Steamboat trials. -
Slavery in Brazil
Abolished -
Brazil Became a Republic
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Manuel Deodoro
He created a new constitution to combie elements of federal, republic and democractic forms of government -
Model T
Henry Ford creates a type of car called the Model T. It is much cheaper than other cars because it is made on an assembly line, allowing many more people to buy cars. -
Dynamite
Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, which is a safer way to blast holes in mountains or the ground than simply lighting black powder. Dynamite is important in clearing paths to build things such as roads and railroad tracks.