Real-World History of Nicaragua
Spain entered Nicaragua in the 1500's and rapidly established it as a settlement. The inhabitants of the country rapidly became reduced as a result of disease, deportation, and slavery by the Spaniards. Granada was established as the colonial head of the country, and was one of the first communities developed in the Americas by the Europeans.
Nicaragua remained a settlement of Spain until 1821, when it pronounced its independence. Britain in spite of everything controlled the Caribbean coast, then gradually relinquished jurisdiction throughout the next couple of decades. In 1838, Nicaragua asserted itself as an independent republic. Shortly afterward, a U.S. entrepreneur named William Walker set his sights on acquiring the country and having the US Government occupy it as a slave state to support the South. Subsequently, Nicaragua was in the middle of a civil war at the time. Walker did succeed in gaining dominance over Nicaragua, then he rapidly lost it the minute he tried to invade Costa Rica. Walker ultimately departed the country, however was executed in Honduras soon thereafter.
Nearly all of the 20th Century was framed by the control of the Somozas; first the father and next his sons. By the end of the 1970's, unrest among the residents erupted into a rebellion, and eventually the Somoza dynasty concluded by means of the Sandinista army. Again, the U.S. participated in Nicaragua's history, via teaching and supplying revolutionaries to fight the Sandinistas and their regime of the country. Finally, a peace deal was brokered, and in 1990 the country arranged its first democratic elections. They have moved forward ever since.
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