Unit II: Mexico from Iturbide to Juarez (2/1)

For corresponding text, see p142-154 in Concise History of Mexico.

From Emporer Agustin I to the Constitution of 1824

Battles between Federalists & Centralists

How did the Centralists manage to assume political power from state governments through
the 1820s-1830s?

How did the volatile sovereignty situation contribute to Mexico's financial problems at the time?

How did the centralist/federalist disputes lead to the rebellions of the mid-1830s?

Note the numerous rebellions and separatist movements during the 1830s

The multiple incarnations of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

Note the importance of silver to the Mexican economy

Silver mining became the cornerstone of the Mexican economy and the catalyst for internal power struggles.

The 'American War of Aggression'

The Siege of Veracruz

The 'American War of Aggression': 1846-1848

How did internal turmoil within the Mexican government contribute to their loss in the war?

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, transit rights & the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and
Treaty of Mesilla (Gadsden Purchase)

As early as 1850, Americans had designs on a way to get goods on ships from the east coast
to the west coast more rapidly.

Internal conflicts persist (federalist/centralist, peasant/elite, liberal/conservative)