Septiembre: Días de Independencia de Latinoamérica
The Americas and Their Many Revolutions: Overview
Big ideas: Why would all these countries need independence? Who controlled them? Why?
For more: https://www.britannica.com/list/6-wars-of-independence
Focus on Central America
1. Can you name any countries in Central America? Do you know how many countries make up Central America?
2. If you had a globe in your hands, could you point to where Central America is?
3. Do you know what principal language is spoken in Central America?
4. Do you know which country they had to fight to gain their independence from?
What does an independence day celebration look like?
Make a prediction.
Mexico
Timeline of Independence Wars in the Americas:
https://www.preceden.com/timelines/34297-latin-american-revolution
-United States history books say independence from England was July 4, 1776, but the Revolutionary War went from 1775-1783.
-Haitian Revolution 1791-1804 (independence from France)
"The French Revolution was hugely inspirational: if French commoners could overthrow their country’s oppressive government, why couldn’t other groups do the same? " quoted from https://www.britannica.com/list/6-wars-of-independence
-Ecuador declared independence from Spain in 1809, but it took 20 years of fighting.
-Columbia declared independence from Spain in 1810
-Mexico Declared independence from Spain on September 10, 1810 (but it took 11 years)
-Southern part of South America (Chile, Argentina) 1818 after a lot of fighting
- Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua) September 15, 1821
-Perú 1824
-By 1825 Most of Latin America was free
-1836-1845 Texas declared independence from Mexico and joined US
-Belize gained her indpendence in