Aztec Empire to Modern Mexico

By mgalarza

  • Mexican Independence from Spain

    Mexican Independence from Spain
    WHO:People of New Spain and Spain
    WHAT:Mexican Independence
    WHERE: New Spain
    WHEN:Early 1800's
    WHY:The people of New Spain were unhappy with Spain's govt. ruling. -They had caste systems based on ethnicity
    -Spain was taking money from New Spain
    -They had no food
    -They had a confusing govt.
    SO WHAT: They were willing to fight for their independence as they thought this was the only way they could improve their govt.

  • Texas Independence from Mexico

    Texas Independence from Mexico
    WHO:Mexico and settlers in the Texas portion of the Mexican state
    WHAT:Texas wanted to be their own country
    WHERE:Texas
    WHEN:October 2, 1835
    WHY: Texas didn"t like the Mexican govt. because of the fact that they were trying to control of immigration and they were against banning slavery
    SO WHAT: Texas gained it's independence

  • Mexican-American War

    Mexican-American War
    WHO: Mexicans and Americans
    WHAT: Armed conflict between the U.S and Mexico for the annexation of Texas
    WHEN: 1846-1848
    WHERE: By the border and El Rio Grande
    WHY: Mexico considered Texas as part of their territory but the U.S wanted more land and both sides were willing to fight for it.
    SO WHAT:IN 1848, the peace Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was made and ended the war

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
    WHO: Mexico and the U.S
    WHAT: Peace Treaty
    WHERE:Rio Grande
    WHEN:1848
    WHY: To settle the war
    SO WHAT: The treaty said that Mexico would give up almost half of it's land which included California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, parts of Colorado, Arizona, and Utah, on the other hand, the U.S paid Mexico $15million to pay for war-related damages. It also set the Texas border at the Rio Grande

  • Gadsden Purchase

    Gadsden Purchase
    WHO:Pierce and the American minister to Mexico, James Gadsden
    WHAT:the U.S paid $10million for 30,000 square miles running down the Gila River, extends east to El Paso and west to California.
    WHERE:Mesilla Valley
    WHEN:1853
    WHY:To secure the land to fulfill railroad expansion in the west and to fix their border issue.
    SO WHAT:As the final boundary adjustment it resolved the Mexican American border issue.