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Hernando Cortes conquered the great empire of the Aztecs. Mexico remained part of the Spanish empire for about 300 years
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Mexico gained its indepence from Spain
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Mexico lost Texas to the United States
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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.
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PNR (National Revolutionary Party) was established and dominated politics for most of the 20th century it was renamed PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) in 1946.
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Mexico joined Canada and the United States in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
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Mexico became a founding member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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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)
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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.
