History of Mexico

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  • Jan 1, 1521

    Spanish Conquest

    Spanish Conquest
    Hernando Cortes conquered the great empire of the Aztecs. Mexico remained part of the Spanish empire for about 300 years

  • Mexican Indepence

    Mexican Indepence
    Mexico gained its indepence from Spain

  • Texas

    Texas
    Mexico lost Texas to the United States

  • Mexican American War

    Mexican American War
    Mexico fought for 2 years, but was defeated. America gained California, Nevada, and Utah, most of Arizona and New Mexico, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

  • Politcal Parties

    Politcal Parties
    PNR (National Revolutionary Party) was established and dominated politics for most of the 20th century it was renamed PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) in 1946.

  • Economic Growth

    Economic Growth
    Mexico joined Canada and the United States in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

  • Economic Growth

    Economic Growth
    Mexico became a founding member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

  • PAN (National Action Party)

    PAN (National Action Party)
    The PRI lost the presidency in these elections. This ended 71 years of one-party rule. The new president was Vicente Fox Quesada of the conservative National Action Party (PAN)

  • 2005 Election

    2005 Election
    Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (presidential candidate for the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution) was defeated by Felipe Calderon (candidate of National Action Party-PAN) defeating Fox's chosen successor.