Chilean Culture

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Chile

Chile was discovered in 1520 by a man named Ferdinand Magellan , He wasn’t the first to step foot on the land but he was the first to see it. But before chile was was discovered it was already occupied by many native american tribes like Inca, Araucanian and others. In 1540 a spanish conquistador named Pedro de Valdivia came to chile and discovered many cities like Santiago which is now the capital of chile , Arica , Valparaíso, Valdivia , Concepción , Viña del Mar, etc. As Valdiva thought he was savor, the Araucanian thought differently , they didn’t approve of Pedro De Valdivia , they didn 't like what he was doing .

Culture and Government

The chilean culture is a mixture of Andean and Machape Cultures that both come from South America. The language that is spoken is spanish but some other languages are German, English, and Mapudungun . The Chilean culture is more based on religion and Importance of their history . The most important day for them is …show more content…

The war begin in the 15oo’s it all started when a man named pedro de valdivia came and started finding cities and the Araucanian tribe weren’t too fond of that so they captured Valdivia and killed him . 1810 a Governor named Junta proclaimed chile and the king ferdinand VII was imprisoned by napoleon. In 1812 Bernardo O’higgins and Jose Miguel Carrera join together to fight against spain. In 1817 the battle of chacabuco Jose de se martin and O 'Higgins win the fight against Rafael Maroto, Regaining chile and their freedom. In 1823 Roman Freire led a military expedition to Santiago and forced O’Higgins to resign. In 1826 Freire had chiloe the last area under control but then later he resigned . In 1818 Santiago , Chile gained its independence back. The war lasted until 1826 when Roman Freire finally decided to give and let chile be