The Captaincy General of Guatemala, also known as the Kingdom of Guatemala, was an administrative division of the Spanish Empire, under the viceroyalty of New Spain in Central America, including prese
The Fort of San Fernando, Omoa. Built by the Spaniards to defend against pirates.
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