Geography Timeline

The Columbian Exchange

Conquest and Occupation of Latin America by Spain, Portugal, France, England and the Netherlands

Haitian Independence

Beginning of Mexican Revolution

Mexican Independence

Brazilian Independence

Texas Independence from Mexico

Spanish-American War

Completion of the Panama Canal

The Communist Revolution in Cuba

NAFTA

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

Mexican American War

War of the Triple Alliance

War of the Pacific