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A 2006 historical novel recounts Inés Suárez defending this modern-day country's capital. After the Disaster of Curalaba, colonizers of this country (20[1]0[1])gradually abandoned settlements in the Destruction of the Seven Cities. (20[2]0[2])Natives (20[1])razed this country's (20[1]0[1])modern (0[1])capital to the ground to resist the wars of Pedro de Valdivia. (20[2])Colonial (20[1])rule of this (20[1])country was resisted (0[1])at the Battle of Maipu and Battle (20[1])of (20[1])(*) Chacabuco (10[1]0[1])and fought by Bernardo O'Higgins. (10[9])As (10[1]0[1])a colony, (0[1])this country was Spain's leading supplier (10[1])of saltpeter. (10[2])In the 1800s, this country and its eastern neighbor led southern conquests targeting the Mapuche. (10[1])Colonists first settled this country's port of Valparaíso. For 10 points, (0[1])name this country led from Santiago. (10[1])■END■ (10[9]0[1])

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