Chronology

1810–1825 Wars of independence in Latin America
1845 First use of term manifest destiny in United States; Texas and Florida admitted into United States
1845–1847 Mexican-American War
1857–1861 Mexican Wars of Reform
1861–1865 U.S. Civil War
1865–1870 Paraguay War (War of Triple Alliance)
1867 Dominion of Canada formed
1868–1878 Cuban Ten Years’ War
1879–1883 War of the Pacific
1886 Abolition of slavery in Cuba
1888 Abolition of slavery in Brazil
1889 Brazilian monarchy overthrown and republic established
1898 Spanish-American War
1904 United States secures the rights to build and control the Panama Canal
1910 Mexican Revolution
1914 Panama Canal completed
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