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Nicaragua

Colonized in 1524 by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba Gained its independence on September 15, 1821 Political control seized by William Walker, an American doctor, lawyer, journalist, and mercenery in 1856 Walker attempted to found an English-speaking, slaveholding colony Defeated by a coalition of Central American armies in 1957, executed in Honduras in 1860

William Walker Cornelius Vanderbilt

Since the Panama Canal had not been built yet, a major trade route was to sail on the San Juan River from the Atlantic, then through Lake Nicaragua, then travel by stagecoach to the Pacific Cornelius Vanderbilt´s Accessory Trade Company controlled the trade route In the 1850s, there was a political feud between Nicaragua´s Democratic and Loyalist Parties The Democratic Party hired Walker and his army of 60 men to fight the Loyalists Without Vanderbilt´s consent, subordinates of the Accessory Trade Company provided financial aid to Walker

Augusto Sandino Leader of rebellion agains U.S. intervention from 1927 to 1933 Assasinated in 1934 by the forces of Anastasio Somoza García, who then seized power for himself

U.S. Military Occupation (1912-1933) Part of Banana Wars, in which the U.S. forcefully intervened in Latin American countries from 1898-1934 in order to secure economic interests Paraguay, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico Bananas, tobacco, sugar cane Panama Canal

Anastasio Somoza García Corruption Anastasio Somoza García Dictator from 1936-1956 The U.S. supported his regime because it was seen as a non-Communist stronghold in Latin America

Seized power in coup d´etat in 1936 Led 20 year dictatorship His sons continued to rule as dictators until the Sandinista rebellion in 1979 Controlled: -51 cattle ranches -46 coffee plantations -Railroad Fortune equaled $400,000,000 Granted concessions to foreign companies who exploited gold, rubber, and timber Restricted imports and ran illegal contraband operations Received bribes from illegal gambling, prostitution, and rum distilleries

Identify 4 different governments that Nicaragua had in the 19th and 20th centuries. Overall, how do you think the geopolitical events discussed in this presentation affected the average people of Nicaragua?