Costa Rican History Timeline & Facts
South
America - Concise History of the Mesoamerican civilisations
Mesoamericans were the ancient civilisations of South
America which is now divided into 12 independent countries
consisting of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and
Venezuela
Costa Rica was also part of the Mesoamerica cultural area
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Rican History & Timeline
September 18, 1502 - Christopher Columbus visits the area
and names it Costa Rica (translates as Rich Coast)
The indigenous tribes living in Costa Rica were the Caribs,
Borucas, Chibchas, and Diquis
1561 - Spain's Juan de Cavallon leads the first successful
Costa Rican colonisers
The Caribs were progressively wiped out by the after-effects
of the Spanish Costa Rican conquest
The Spanish were continuously harassed by the native Caribs
and by pirates and buccaneers who attacked the Spanish
galleons which were carrying riches back to Spain
1776 Spain encompassed all of its territories in south-east
South America to create one large colony called the
Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata
1808 - Coffee is introduced into Costa Rica from Cuba and
becomes the principal Costa Rican crop
1810 - Overthrow of the king of Spain by Napoleon
1821 - Central America gains independence from Spain
1823 - Costa Rica joins the United Provinces of Central
America ( El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua)
1838 - Costa Rica becomes fully independent
1949 - New constitution gives Costa Rican women and people
of African descent the right to vote.
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