Latin America:Annotated Timeline

Chapter 8

• What to include– Picture to illustrate event– Describe event• What happened• When did it happened• Who were the actors?

– How did this event influence Latin America today?

Historical Eras• 900s• 1300s• 1400s• 1500-1800s• 1800s• 1900s-present day

• Affect on Europe:• Affect on Americas

• Social System:– Spaniards

(Peninsulares)– Creoles– Mestizo – Mulatto– Indigenous– African Slaves

Courtyards in homes; fountains

Decorative Tile

• Leaders in Independence Movements

Panama Canal

• 1880s-1914• Cash Tolls• Over 1 million

vessels since 1914

• Panama’s Independence

• 1970: Canal Zone

• Political Unrest– Land reform• Latifundias• Minifundias• Indigenous land rights

– Dictator Rule– Military Coup