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Events relating to america
The Saturday Evening Post is launched in Philadelphia as a weekly to provide light Sunday reading
The Sante Fe Trail, from Missouri to New Mexico, is opened up by the US trader William Becknell
The American Colonization Society buys the area later known as Liberia to settle freed slaves
Stephen Austin begins the process of American settlement in the Mexican province of Texas
After defeating the Spanish at Pichincha, Antonio José de Sucre enters Quito and liberates Ecuador
Agustin de Iturbide declares himself emperor of the new nation of Mexico, as Agustin I
The two liberators, Bolívar and San Martín, meet in Guayaquil for a conference
After failing to agree with Bolívar at Guayaquil, San Martín resigns his post as Protector of Peru
The Portuguese regent, Dom Pedro, proclaims the independence of Brazil and three months later is crowned emperor, as Pedro I
Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile's first liberal reformer, is so unpopular that he has to resign
Guatemala declares independence following the example of neighbouring Mexico
A heavenly being appears to Joseph Smith in New York state – an event which launches the Mormon church
James Fenimore Cooper's The Pioneers introduces Natty Bumppo, frontiersman known for his 'leather stockings'
An American poem, A Visit from St Nicholas, describes in every detail the modern Santa Claus
Bolívar arrives in Lima to be granted command of the army and dictatorial powers in the republic of Peru
US president James Monroe warns European nations against interfering in America, in the policy which becomes known as the Monroe Doctrine
The Republican party in the USA splits into National Republicans and Democratic Republicans
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is set up within the US War Department
Leading only one half of the ruling Republican party, John Quincy Adams wins the US presidential election
After the surrender of the Spanish army to Antonio José de Sucre at Ayacucho, Peru is finally liberated
With a victory at Tumusla Antonio José de Sucre liberates Upper Peru (the future Bolivia), the last Spanish stronghold in continental America
Juan Antonio Lavalleja leads a band of Thirty-three Immortals in Uruguay's fight for independence from Brazil
Upper Peru declares independence as the republic of Bolivia, in honour of Simón Bolívar
Work begins on the 363-mile Erie Canal that will link the Hudson River to Lake Erie
The English socialist Robert Owen purchases New Harmony from the Rappists, to test his utopian theories in a new context
