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Revolution of the 13 colonies
Great Britain obtained the triumph over France in the Seven Years War (1756-1763) receiving great economic and military aid from the colonies, like these of the metropolis, although such collaboration was not rewarded. The repressive measures of the English government caused the beginning of the war of independence. -
Independence war
On April 19, 1775, British soldiers left Boston to prevent the settler rebellion by taking a deposit of arms of the latter in the neighboring city of Concord. -
The battle of Saratoga
Things began to change in October 1777, when a British army under General John Burgoyne surrendered in Saratoga, in upstate New York. This was the coup de grace and propaganda that the settlers needed for their independence. -
Foreign aid and the end of the war
Encouraged by the victory of Saratoga, France and Spain saw the opportunity as a golden opportunity to achieve the revenge of the disastrous Treaty of Paris of 1763, which ended the Seven Years War. Thus, France after a few months of some hesitation, openly entered the war by signing an alliance in February 1778 with the settlers. -
The new constitution
Once independence was achieved, it was very difficult to agree on all the former colonies. In 1787, 55 representatives of former colonies met in Philadelphia to draft a constitution. Thus a single federal government was created, with a president of the republic and two legislative chambers -
Conjuring of Bethlehem
In 1810 José de Bustamante y Guerra was appointed Captain General of Guatemala, in a time of great independence activity; he develops a reformist policy of an illustrated cut, but before the revolution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and José María Morelos in Mexico he prepared troops in Guatemala and created the and from his position he confronted the local constitutionalists, repressing He strongly opposed the insurgents and strongly opposed the liberal constitution of 1812. -
The Proclamation of Independence
In 1818 the implacable Bustamante left power and was replaced by Carlos Urrutia, a man of weak character and in whose government the independentistas gained ground. -
Independence of Central America
Headquarters Independence of Central America to the commemoration, on the part of the countries of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, of the signing of the Act of Independence of Central America on September 15, 1821. A diferencia de los demás países americanos, exceptuando a Panamá, la Independencia de Centroamérica fue un proceso relativamente pacífico.
