Timeline (1823-1842) (UCA Continues)

The Dissolution and Reunification of the USCA
The year was 1836 and it was a period of trouble for the fledging Federal Republic of Central America. Internal conflicts between Conservatives, Liberals and Reactionaries within each of the six states of Central America as well as conflicts between the states. The Liberal Party, under Mariano Galvez, and later Mariano Riviera Paz, failed to get the bureacracy together, and fears of Guatemalan dominance led to fears of Civil War. Although there was legislation moving in favor of a peaceful dissolution, Riviera, along with the more Jingoistic military leaders refused to led the Federal Union die out. The constant conflict between the pro-federalist President and the pro-secessionist Legislature, as well as the Military division between the two groups led to conflict in 1841 and 1842.

The Central American Civil War
On December 25, 1841, Nicaragua declared itself independent from the Federal Republic, followed by Costa Rica, Honduras and El Salvador. Through the months of January, the Federal Government pleaded to negotiate a settlement, but the rebel nations sought nothing more but complete independence. On January 28, 1842, President Riviera ended all diplomatic channels with the rebels and declared a state of war between them, starting the Central American Civil War.

The rapid response of the Federal Army was quick and decisive, In the span of three years, from 1842-1845, The Federal Army, led by Juan Soto, won spectaular victories over the rebels. It was on January 2, 1845, riding off Riviera's reeelection that the Federal Republic was reunited. A new constitution was made, moving to create many concessions that would strengthen the federal government, while keeping maintaining various institutions that were in the state level. The Constitution of 1845 would be the set of principles that would establish how the new "United States of Central Amrica" would be governed.

Liberalism in Europe
As the conflict in Central America threatened to tear it apart, Europe fared little better. Coming off the Revolutions of 1830, Europe was caught in conflict between the Liberalist movements, spurred on by the style of government used in the Napoleonic Wars, and the Reactionary and Absolutist monarchs of the pre-Revolutionary era. Various nations in Italy and Germany, as well as France, Austria, the Danubian Principalities and Russia all sought to curtail the rise of ideas that would threaten the status quo originally agreed upon by the Congress of Vienna in 1815.