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Agustin de Iturbide was proclaimed emperor.
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Agustin de Iturbide was removed from power by Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
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Santa Anna was president for the first time,
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Texas became independent form Mexico and claimed independent territory.
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Texas becomes a part of the United States.
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US Army's invasion of Mexico City.
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In order to stop the war, Santa Anna signed the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. He solld more than half of Mexican territory including all of present day Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Texas, New Mexico, and California—to the US for $15 million dollars.
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a new Constitution was written, establishing a Federal Republic
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Benito Juarez becomes president. He was a Zapotec Indian from Oaxaca.
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3-year civil war called the War of Reform broke out between the Liberals and the Conservatives.
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England, Spain, and France sent armies to Mexico to collect the debts Benito Juarez owed.
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Mexican forces defeated French troops in Puebla under the command of Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín.
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French troops landed in Veracruz and marched towards the Mexican capital. France saw Mexico as weak and took the opportunity to attack while the US could not defend Mexico.
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Napoleon III sent Austrian Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg, with his wife Charlotte of Belgium, to be Emperors of Mexico
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Benito Juarez returns to serve as president for 10 more years following the execution of Emperor Maximilian.
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Maximilian was unable to defeat the Liberals. He surrendered and was excecuted.
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Benito governed until he died.
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Porfirio Diaz was elected president.
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Porfirio Diaz announced he would retire.
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Francisco I Madero announced his candidacy for president but he was arrested and so Porfirio Diaz named himself winner of the elections.
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Porfirio Diaz presidency ended.
