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mediate and immediate causes
MIDDLE CAUSES:
The war interrupted international trade. Between 1798 and 1802 the harvest of indigo in El Salvador was seized, so for four years there was no payment of those exports.
IMMEDIATE CAUSES:
economy society culture -
debate and act of independence
In 1808, the artisans of the neighborhood of San Sebastian protested to the cry of "down the chapetones" and "live Guatemala libre". They were dissatisfied because the authorities had authorized the big merchants to import fabrics without paying tax.
However, the poet Simón Bergaño y Villegas and the barber Agustín Vilches were accused of having instigated the rebellion.
Vilches was condemned in 1809 to be confined in prison somewhere in the Iberian peninsula. -
processes and movements
The process of emancipation of the Kingdom of Guatemala has been appreciated in relation to the events that are in Europe and the rest of the American continent, and should be sought throughout its long duration, trying to capture its evolution or 'maturation', to complete , more or less simultaneous than in other parts of Spanish America, in the breaking of dependency links with Spain. the first independent movement in Central America occurred on November 5, 1811 -
Internal and external causes of C.A
INTERNAL CAUSES:
The contempt of the peninsular Spaniards towards the criollos.
The unpopularity of the authorities.
EXTERNAL CAUSES:
the war of independence of the thirteen colonies
French Revolution -
(consequences) annexation Mexico
which reflected the fear and inability of the Central American nations to find themselves, overnight, at the head of an independent territory. That's why they desperately sought the protection of Iturbide and his
Plan of Iguala
that sought to establish a constitutional monarchy in Mexico. As a result of the first independence a provisional government was formed under the name of
Advisory Provisional Board -
absolute independence
Central America became independent from Spain on 15
September 1821, one day before Mexico. Because
uncertainties of government, the leaders agreed
join the Mexican Empire of Agustín de Itubide a a
after.
On September 14, 1821, the Brigadier and
Sub-inspector of Troops, Don Gabino Gainza, summoned
the so-called Historical Session that would take place in the
National Palace of Guatemala at 8:00 in the morning of the following day.
