When the Central Junta fell to the French, numerous new Juntas appeared all across the Americas, eventually resulting in a chain of newly independent countries stretching from Argentina and Chile in the south, to Mexico in the north. After the death of the king Ferdinand VII, in 1833, only Cuba and Puerto Rico remained under Spanish rule, until the Spanish–American War in 1898. Unlike the Spanish, the Portuguese did not divide their colonial territory in America. The captaincies they created were subdued to a centralized administration in Salvador (later relocated to Rio de Janeiro) which reported directly to the Portuguese Crown until its independence in 1822, becoming the Empire of Brazil. COUNT 5
QSN1 Who did the central Junta fall to? ANS1 the French QSN2 What king died in 1833? ANS2 king Ferdinand VII QSN3 After King Ferdinand died, who remained under Spanish rule? ANS3 Cuba and Puerto Rico QSN4 When did the Spanish-American war occur? ANS4 in 1898 QSN5 Where were the Portuguese capacities centralized?  ANS5 Salvador