Guatemala's Independence

The most interesting part of Guatemala's department from the reign of Spain is the fact that it involved no wars unlike most of Latin America. This is because of a multitude of factors. One of the major ones is the fact that the Spanish had lost their ​power in Latin America. This was mainly due to the destruction of the Spanish Armada. The destruction caused them to lose their naval power and so they were not able to show their power in the colonies. Because of this the colonies began to work their way to independence, as there was not much in their way to stop them. Guatemala had even less to deal with since the Mexican Empire that they joined, had already dealt with what little force there was.