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Gran Colombia & UPCA
Question | Answer |
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Who was important in Gran Colombia? | Bolivar and San Martin |
What country controlled Gran Colombia? | Spain |
What countries did Gran Colombia become today? | Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador |
How did people of GC win independence? | Bolivar and San Martin each freed their own countries, Venezuela and Argentina, then joined forces to defeat Spain in a final battle in 1824. |
What country controlled the UPCA? | Spain and Mexico |
How did the people of UPCA win independence? | Central American states declared independence from Spain in 1821. After the emperor Iturbide was overthrown in 1823 they declared total independence |
What countries did UPCA become today? | Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Costa Rica |
What country controlled Mexico? | Spain |
Who were Mexico's important leaders? | Miguel Hidalgo, Jose Morelos, Agustin de Iturbide |
Why was Brazil's independence different from all the other Latin American countries? | It was peaceful, there was no fighting; The king allowed his son's colony to have independence |