Latin America History Timeline

The Colombian Exchange

Conquest and Occupation of Latin America by Spain, Portugal, France, England, and the Netherlands (includes Treaty of Tordesillas)

1789

Haitian Independence

Beginning of Mexican Revolution

Mexican Independence

Brazilian Independence

Simon Bolivar leads South Americans in modern day Venezuela, Colombia, Panama. Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia, to independence

Texas Independence from Mexico

Mexican American War

War of the Triple Alliance

War of the Pacific

Spanish American War

Completion of the Panama Canal

Communist Revolution in Cuba

NAFTA