The colonial era in Latin America began in the 15th–16th centuries when explorers such as Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci made voyages of discovery to the New World. The conquistadores who followed, including Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro, brought Spanish rule to much of the region.

1929: Conservatives grant women the right to vote in Ecuador, the first country in Latin America to do so. 1932: A peasant uprising in El Salvador leads to the death of 30,000 Indians. 1932: Women gain the franchise in Brazil, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay. 1932-1935: Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay leads to costly defeat for Bolivia.

1500: About 65 million Native Americans live in Central and Latin America, of which 25 million in Mexico 1501: The Spanish colonists of Hispaniola begin importing African slaves 1502: Spain sends Ovaldo to Santo Domingo to enforce the Spanish language and the Catholic religion among the natives (birth of the "encomienda" system)

The first public school in America is established, Boston Latin School. 1636: Harvard College in Massachusetts is founded. 1638: Cambridge, Massachusetts is where the first Colonial printing press is located. 1641: New England makes Slavery legal. 1652: Rhode Island passes the first law within the colonies making slavery illegal. 1663

Latin American Timeline. COLONIAL PERIOD (1492-1825) LONG 19th CENTURY (1800-1940) CONTEMPORARY (1950 - ) Columbus 1492. Brazil abolishes slavery 1888 ... 1st Latin American and Carribean Feminist Encuentro (Bogota) 1981 : 1519 La Malinche : …

A detailed timeline of Latin American history in colonial times can be found in Emory University’s web page on colonial Latin American chronology. For access to a huge range of resources on the history of Latin America, see the University of Texas’ Latin American Network Information Centre’s website.

The conquerors and colonists of Latin America also had a major impact on the population of Latin America. The Spanish conquistadors committed savage acts of violence against the natives. According to Bartolomé de las Casas , the Europeans worked the native population to death, separated the men and the women so they could not reproduce, and ...

2024年2月21日 · Latin American Independence movements emerged in the early 19th century, fueled by Enlightenment ideals and resentment towards colonial rule. Influenced by events like the American and French Revolutions, figures like Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín led campaigns across the region.

2021年5月9日 · Each and every period of its history is crucial in some way to understanding the present-day character of the land. Even so, the Colonial Period (1492-1810) stands out as being the era that did the most to shape what Latin America is today. There are six things you need to know about the Colonial Era.

2 天之前 · History of Latin America, the history of the region (South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Romance language-speaking Caribbean islands) from the pre-Columbian period, including Spanish and Portuguese colonization, the 19th-century wars of independence, and developments to the end of the 20th century.