| Term | Definition |
|---|
| liberal candidate elected in 1876 | Pinto |
| one of chile's main resources used for fertilizer, and gunpowder. | nitrates |
| Tacna, Arica, Tarapaca, Antofagasta | provinces disputed during war of pacific |
| chile-bolivian boarder = 24th paralell in atacama desert (antofagasta). countries have equal exploitation rights between 23, 24th paralells. 1/2 taxes go to each country. nitrates N of 24th = bolivia, and s = chile | treaty of 1866 |
| Peru decided to nationalize nitrate mines in peru, many of which were owned by chileans, so they give chilean mineowners certificates that immediatel lose thier value because of mistrust. foreign speculators bought up those certificates, and when Peru redeemed them after the war, the mines went to foreign speculators | certificates given to chilean mine owners |
| attempts by balmaceda to put resources back into chilean hands, not nationalize | chileanize |
| when Balmaceda started slowly forming his presidency into a dictatorship, congress and president differed increasingly on issues like control of municipal politics, control over president's cabinet, control over national budget, and eventually when balmaceda refused to submit new budget to congress for approval, congress set up revolutionary quarters in northern chile | civil war 1898 |
| conservatives, mine owners, land owners | factions against balmaceda |
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