El Salvador Independence History. Many salvadorans were forced to leave their land and become laborers in the coffee industry. He is still considered the father of independence, as ten years later el salvador joined the central american federation and became totally independent in 1841.
A chronology of key events in the history of el salvador. Migration to the country during and immediately after the colonial period was composed mainly of spaniards and to a lesser degree other europeans, with a smaller influx of blacks via the caribbean coasts of. On november 5th, 1811, a priest called jose matias delgado rang the bells of the la merced church in san salvador.