Engagement Ring El Salvador 42

Engagement Ring El Salvador.

By Aamir Mannan. 

In 1609 the Audiencia of Guatemala was changed into a captaincy general to deal with threats to the area from foreign incursions into the Caribbean. In 1786, El Salvador, which previously had been broken up into many corregimientos, was transformed into an intendancy, as part of the Bourbon Reforms. This change brought economic and political unity to the area, and aided in the development of a sense of Salvadoran nationalism over the next century.

The first Spanish attempt to control Senorio of Cuzcatlan failed in 1524, when Pedro de Alvarado was forced to retreat by Pipil warriors lead by King Atlacatl and Prince Atonal in the Battle of Acajuctla. In 1525, he returned and succeeded in bringing the district under control of the Audiencia of Mexico. It was Alvarado who named the district for El Salvador ("The Savior") and was appointed its first governor, a position he held until his death in 1541. The area was under the authority of a short-lived Audiencia of Panama from 1538 to 1543, when most of Central America was placed under a new Audiencia of Guatemala.