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| | WHKMLA : History of El Salvador, 1870-1918 |
 | | With demand for El Salvador's main export crop, INDIGO, decreasing, COFFEE was cultivated, soon dominating the economy to such an extent that the country was called COFFEE REPUBLIC (1871-1927). |
 | | To facilitate an increase in coffee cultivation, the infrastructure was extended, communal land was expropriated, VAGRANCY LAWS were passed to force landless peasants to work the coffee plantations. |
 | | Despite many presidents serving their full term of office, the country was far from politically stable, as new constitutions were passed in 1871, 1872, 1880, 1885 and 1886. |
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