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In 1821, El Salvador achieved independence from Spain as part of the First Mexican Empire, only to further secede as part of the Federal Republic of Central America two years later. Upon the republic's independence in 1841, El Salvador became a sovereign state until forming a short-lived union with Honduras and Nicaragua called the Greater ...
The 1811 Independence Movement (Spanish: Movimiento de Independencia de 1811), known in El Salvador as the First Shout of Independence (Primer Grito de Independencia), [1] was the first of a series of revolts in Central America in modern-day El Salvador against Spanish rule and dependency on the Captaincy General of Guatemala.
El Salvador declared its independence from the Federal Republic of Central America on 30 January 1841. [50] El Salvador joined Honduras and Nicaragua in 1896 to form the Greater Republic of Central America, which dissolved in 1898. Woman and girl in El Salvador making bread, 1910. After the mid-19th century, the economy was based on coffee growing.
History of El Salvador; Kingdom of Cuzcatlan (c.1200–1528) Spanish conquest (1524–1539) Intendancy of San Salvador (1785–1821) 1811 Independence Movement; Mexican rule (1822–1823) Federal Republic of Central America (1823–1841) Greater Republic of Central America (1895–1898) Military dictatorship (1931–1979) Salvadoran Civil War ...
Although some parts of El Salvador sought annexation, the capital city, San Salvador, firmly supported independence. [37] On 4 October 1821, Pedro Barriere, the conservative political chief of El Salvador, arrested Arce and several other Salvadoran politicians for calling upon Barrier to hold elections to elect a delegation for the Consultive ...
Honduras supported El Salvador's invasion, but Arce's federal soldiers defeated the invasion in a 23 March battle at Arrazola (near Guatemala City). [79] Arce launched a counter-invasion into El Salvador and was defeated on 18 May at Milingo, near San Salvador. [85] [86] A depiction of the 1827 Battle of La Trinidad on the Honduran 5 lempira bill
The Spanish conquest of El Salvador was the campaign undertaken by the Spanish conquistadores against the Late Postclassic Mesoamerican polities in the territory that is now incorporated into the modern Central American country of El Salvador. El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America, and is dominated by two mountain ranges ...
On February 1, 1841, El Salvador also declared itself separated from the federal pact, which was already a fact since the Armistice of Saint Vincent with Honduras, on June 5, 1839, had established in its article 8.9 that "The Contracting States, they mutually guarantee their independence, sovereignty and freedom."