Latin America National States
What happened?
Devastating deaths.
Economic crisis, debts.
Centralists vs Federalists.
Liberal vs conservative.
Civil wars.
Agricultural and commercial difficulty.
What did we need?
Constitution.
Name.
Marked territory.
Communication: means & roads.
National market. Currency.
Mexico
The Constitution was promulgated in 1824
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was president of Mexico for 11 times.
It is an example of Latin America caudillismo
Argentina
Benito Juarez was president when the French invasion of Napoleon III's army in 1862.
Struggles between federalists vs. centralists in Argentina.
After some civil wars, Buenos Aires was proclaimed the capital of Argentina in 1880.
Bartolomé Mitre and Domingo Fautisno Sarmiento. Extermination of Indigenous.
Brazil
A constitutional monarchy was establish. The emperors were Peter I and later his son Peter II.
Slavery was abolish in Brazil in 1888, 40 years after other South American countries.
Colombia
Conservative predominance know as "regeneration". It lasted until the beginning of the 20th century.
The coffee boom started in 1850.
Peru
The Pacific War let Peru in a bad economic situation.
Bolivia
Lose its way to the sea.