The Act of Independence of Central America, also known as the Act of Independence of Guatemala, is the legal document by which the Provincial Council of the Province of Guatemala proclaimed the indepe
A scan of the act of independence
Ferdinand VII of Spain, who ruled during the separation of most of the Spanish American territories from the rest of the empire
A painting by Chilean painter Luis Vergara Ahumada, depicting the signing of the Act by Father José Matías Delgado
The Plan of Iguala
From January 1822 to July 1823, the Captaincy General of Guatemala, a former Spanish colony, was controlled by the First Mexican Empire, and briefly, the Supreme Executive Power—the provisional govern
Agustín I, Emperor of Mexico
Painting of Manuel José Arce, who organized the Salvadoran resistance against Mexican imperial forces
Gabino Gaínza
Vicente Filísola