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Chile was the least wealthy realm of the Spanish Crown for most of its colonial history. Only in the 18th century did a steady economic and demographic growth begin, an effect of the reforms by Spain's Bourbon dynasty and a more stable situation along the frontier.
This is a timeline of Chilean history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Chile and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Chile .
[citation needed] Prehispanic Chile was peopled by diverse Amerindian people who were located around the Andes and the coast. In the area to the north of the country, the Aymara and the Atacama began to cultivate land from the 11th century in the style of the Incas (growing plants on terraces on the sides of mountains with canal systems).
Chile, [a] officially the Republic of Chile, [b] is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica , stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean .
Chilean statesman Diego Portales was the lead proponent of his country's aggressive foreign policy. The newly independent Republic of Chile's territorial possessions, inherited from the colonial general captaincy (capitanía general) that was under the control of the Spanish Empire's Viceroyalty of Peru, had left the state surrounded by undefined boundaries.
Even though Chile had been operating independently from Spain for several years, no formal declaration of independence had yet been produced. One of the first official documents to address the issue of independence was the Provisional Constitutional Regulations of 1812 , introduced by José Miguel Carrera on 27 October 1812.
According to Chile's Agencia General de Colonización, in the 1882-1897 period, German settlers made up only 6% of the foreign immigrants that arrived to Chile, ranking behind those of Spanish, French, Italian, Swiss and English origin. [21] The Huilliche called the German settlers leupe lonko, meaning blond heads. [19]
Historia Constitucional de Chile. Santiago de Chile: Editorial Jurídica de Chile. Séptima edición, 2005. ISBN 956-10-0405-4. Carrasco Delgado, Sergio (1980 [2002]). Génesis y vigencia de los textos constitucionales chilenos (3.ª edición). Santiago de Chile: Editorial Jurídica de Chile. ISBN 956101405-X. Silva Bascuñán, Alejandro (1997).