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Timeline of Maps:
This is a map of Central America before the Spanish conquest.
Wikipedia states, "Map of the different territorial entities that existed in Central America in the XVI century before the arrive of the spanish people" (History of El Salvador).
"Study.com" states, "There were vast regions to explore, gold and silver to discover, and natives to conquer and control. From about 1513 to 1540, the conquistadores and their armies swept across Central and South America leaving death, destruction, and slavery in their wake, but gaining a wealthy empire for Spain" (Conquistadores).
This is a world map from 1800, before El Salvador was founded.
Central America was under Spanish control. Wikipedia states, "In 1821 a congress of Central American Criollos in Guatemala City composed the Act of Independence of Central America to declare the region's independence from Spain, effective on 15 September of that year" (History of Central America.)
This is a map displaying Central America around 1830.
El Salvador and the surrounding countries are independent from Spain. They are labeled as the "United Central Provinces of Central America".
This map is displaying Mexica and Central America throughout the 1800s and 1900s.
El Salvador is labeled as having both a Spanish and Mayan population. It is also part of the Roman Catholic religious group.
The map to the right is a current map of Central America.
The capital of El Salvador is San Salvador, as it's been since the 1800s, and they have a fairly low elevation level.
The map below is a current polital map of El salvador.
It displays the capital, department capitals, towns/villages, major airports, International boundarys, departmental boundarys, highways, roads, railroads, etc.
Nationalism That Led To Independence: According to the AMSCO textbook, "One definition of nationalism is a nation’s desire to create and maintain a state of its own." An occurrence of this in El Salvador's history was when they declared their independence from Spain. The "U.S Embassy In El Salvador" states, "In 1821, El Salvador and the other Central American provinces declared their independence from Spain. In 1823, the United Provinces of Central America was formed of the five Central American states under Gen. Manuel Jose Arce. El Salvador declared itself an independent republic in 1839, although the next several decades were marked by frequent revolutions" (History of the U.S. and El Salvador).
The image above displays Independence Day in El Salvador.
Colonialism: There was a large period of colonialism in El Salvador and Central America as a whole. It started during the Spanish Conquest. "Brittanica" states, "Alvarado soon returned to Guatemala, but a second expedition, in 1525, founded a Spanish town called San Salvador near the site of Cuscatlán. Pipil warriors forced the Spanish settlers to withdraw, however, and the community would be resettled several times before it was permanently established in 1528. Thereafter, the town of San Salvador would serve as the capital of a province of the same name that included most of the eastern three-fourths of the territory of present-day El Salvador" (The Colonial Period).
The map above displays the Spanish Conquest in El Salvador.
Decolonization: Around 1821 El Salvador became independent of Spain, as it and the rest of the Central American colonies broke free from the colonization of the Spanish. "Brittanica" states, "A variety of considerations caused the Salvadoran indigo planters to take a leading role in agitating for Central American independence. These included the hard times caused by a sharp decline in indigo production during the first decade of the 19th century, a long-held hostility toward Guatemalan merchants who controlled much of the economy of San Salvador, and the conviction that the province should be organized as a bishopric so that it need no longer depend upon the archbishop of Guatemala for pastoral services" (The Colonial Period).
"The World Factbook" states, "El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839" (El Salvador).
The image above displays the 1811 independence movement in El Salvador.
Civil War and Genocide: The El Salvadorian Civil War took place between October 15, 1979 and January 16, 1992. "Wikipedia" states, "The Salvadoran Civil War was a twelve year period of civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, a coalition or "umbrella organization" of left-wing groups" (Salvadoran Civil War). The El Mozote Massacre occurred in December of 1981. The Salvadorian government/army murdered the people of El Mozote because a few were said to have been conspiring with the left. In total, 75,000 people were killed by the massacre and civil war.
"The World Factbook" states, "A 12-year civil war, which cost about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed a treaty that provided for military and political reforms" (El Salvador).
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