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CENTRAL AMERICA
Day 1
DAY 1
Political jurisdiction over Central
America under Spanish rule evolved
slowly because of the rivalries
between conquistadores. These
rivalries led to violence and civil war
among the Spaniards in the early
years of colonial rule and retarded
the unification of Central America.
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Municipal councils (ayuntamientos) were the most
important governing units in the early days. By
1530 Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Chiapas,
and Panama all functioned under separate royal
orders, but the death of Pedrarias in 1531 and the
prestige of Alvarado contributed to the
unification of the isthmus thereafter. In 1535 the
establishment of the Viceroyalty of New Spain at
Mexico City included the northern portion of
Central America.
THE CREATION OF
CENTRAL AMERICA

 Belize
Belize became the British
colony of British Honduras
in 1862—which
was ruled by
at the Bay
until 1522,
Islands very close to the island of
a governor who was
subordinate to the governor
of Jamaica—and a crown
colony in 1871, when the
Legislative Assembly was
abolished.
Honduras
Honduras was first sighted by
Europeans when Christopher
Columbus arrived
Guanaja on 30 July 1502 on his
fourth voyage. On 14 August 1502
Columbus landed on the mainland
near modern Trujillo. Columbus
named the country Honduras
("depths") for the deep waters off
its coast.
Guatemala
The colonial period in Guatemalan
history is customarily dated from
1524 to 1821. During that time,
Guatemala was the most populous
and most prosperous of the
provinces that made up the
kingdom, or audiencia, of
Guatemala, a district that stretched
from Chiapas in the west to Costa
Rica in the east.
COUNTRIES
El Salvador Nicaragua
The Spanish conquest and Nicaragua's Caribbean coast was
first seen by Spanish explorers in
colonization of El
1508. It was not
Salvador began in 1524 however, that a formal military
expedition, under Gil González
with the arrival of an
Dávila, led to the Spanish conquest
expedition from of Nicaraguan territory. González
Guatemala led by Pedro launched an expedition from
Panama, arriving in Nicaragua
de Alvarado.
through Costa Rica.
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN
ECONOMY
Politically, Costa Rica is the most
stable country in Central America.
El Salvador: According to the
World Bank, El Salvador is the
fourth-largest economy in the
region, and has a GDP PPP of
$50,903 million.
WHAT IS THE VICEROYALTY OF NEW SPAIN?

Viceroyalty of New Spain, Spanish

Virreinato de Nueva España, the first of
the four viceroyalties that Spain
created to govern its conquered lands
in the New World. Established in 1535, it
initially included all land north of the
Isthmus of Panama under Spanish
control.
THE COLONIAL TIME
Colonial America (1492-1763) European
nations came to the Americas to
increase their wealth and broaden
their influence over world affairs.
The Spanish were among the first
Europeans to explore the New World
and the first to settle in what is now
the United States.
 Panama Costa Rica

Nicaragua Honduras El salvador Guatemala Belize

ALL THE COUNTRIES THAT BELONG TO

CENTRAL AMERICA
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 NAME OF THE REPUBLIC AND
WHICH YEAR AND CAPITAL:

Roman Republic
 THE CREATION OF CENTRAL AMERICA

Colonization: Disease:
Colonization can be defined as a process of establishing foreign
The early detection of diseases
control over target territories or peoples for the purpose of
cultivation, often by establishing colonies and possibly by can save lives.
settling them.

Subjugate: Settle:
to defeat people or a country and rule them resolve or reach an agreement about (an
in a way that allows them no freedom argument or problem).

Concession: Conqueror:
a thing that is granted, especially in a person who conquers a place
response to demands; a thing conceded. or people.

Viceroy: Cartographer:
A ruler exercising authority in a colony on A cartographer is a person whose job is
behalf of a sovereign. drawing maps.

Explain the term isthmus:

a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.
THANK YOU!
Marjorie Andrade 2D