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Mexico's Independance
Mexico declared independence from Spain on September 16, 1810. The declaration of independence led to the Spanish War for Independence that lasted for 11 years. On August 24, 1821, Spain accepted the independence of Mexico by agreeing to the terms of the Treaty of Córdoba. -
Independence of Texas
Texas Revolution, also called War of Texas Independence, war fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas's independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas. -
Mexican American War and Mexican Cession
Under the terms of the treaty negotiated. Mexico ceded to the United States Upper California and New Mexico. This was known as the Mexican Cession and included present-day Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado -
Reforma War
The War of Reform in Mexico, was a three-year civil war lasting from December 1857 to December 1860 fought between the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party over the Constitution of 1857, promulgated under the liberal presidency of Ignacio Comonfort. -
Second Mexican Empire
The Mexican Empire or Second Mexican Empire was the name of Mexico under a constitutional, hereditary monarchy declared by a Mexican Assembly of Notables in accordance with the interests of the French Empire, during the Second French intervention in Mexico. -
Porfiriato
El porfiriato o porfirismo fue un período de la historia de México durante el cual el poder en México estuvo bajo control del militar oaxaqueño Porfirio Díaz entre el 28 de noviembre de 1876 y el 25 de mayo de 1911. -
Mexican Revolution and Revolutionary Leaders
The Mexican Revolution was a major revolution that included a sequence of armed struggles that transformed Mexican culture and government. Although the regime of President Porfirio Díaz was increasingly unpopular after 31 years, there was no foreboding that a revolution was about to break out in 1910. -
Mexican Constitution
The Constitution of Mexico, formally the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, is the current constitution of Mexico. It was drafted in Santiago de Querétaro, in the State of Querétaro, by a constituent convention, during the Mexican Revolution. -
Cristero War
La Guerra Cristera, también llamada Guerra de los Cristeros o Cristiada, fue un conflicto armado de México que se prolongó durante 3 años, desde 1926 hasta 1929, entre el Gobierno y milicias de religiosos católicos que se resistían a la aplicación de la llamada Ley Calles la cual proponía limitar y controlar el culto católico en la nación, el cuál estaba desbordado y le había dotado de demasiado poder político a los religiosos católicos. -
Maximato and Foundation of PRI
It was a period of government and politics that were presidents: Emilio Portes Gil, Pascual Ortiz Rubio and Abelardo Rodríguez, culminating in the first year of the government of Lázaro Cárdenas de Río. -
Cardenismo and Oil
Nationalization of the oil industry in 1938 and the creation of Pemex, the government oil company. -
Mexico during the WW2 and Mexican Miracle
The Mexican miracle is a term used to refer to the country's inward-looking development strategy that produced sustained economic growth. -
Tlatelolco Massacre and Olympic Games
Following a summer of increasingly large demonstrations protesting against the 1968 Olympics held in Mexico City, the Mexican Armed Forces opened fire on 2 October 1968 on unarmed civilians, killing an undetermined number, in the hundreds. -
Economic Crisis
an interest rate policy designed to reduce short-term capital flows and exchange rate volatility, and expansion of demand in surplus countries. As a result of weak policy coordination at the global level, developing countries paid a high price for adjustment, which set the stage for the debt crises of the 1980s. -
Salinato
The North American Free Trade Agreement was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that created a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994, and superseded the 1988 Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Canada.