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Olmecs and Mayans rise (2500 B.C. - 100 B.C.)
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The first pyramids are built by the Mayans. (100 B.C. - 900 A.C.)
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Immigration emerges from the south of Mesoamerica, becomes an important period for wars which creates many alliances. (900-1200)
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The ancient capital of the Aztec empire. Located at the site of modern Mexico City.
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While being in Cuba, Diego Velázquez suggested Hernán Cortés to go on an expedition to a continent which would turn out to be where Tenochtitlan was located, Hernan Cortés meets Moctezuma and unites political alliances to, later on, put Moctezuma in prison and after 93 days of struggle, Tenochtitlan falls in the hands of Spain in August 13, 1521. (1519-1521)
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When the Christian Inquisition was brought to the New World, it was employed for many of the same reasons and against the same social groups as suffered in Europe itself, minus the Indians to a large extent. Almost all of the events associated with the official establishment of the Holy Office of the Inquisition occurred in Mexico City. (1571-1820)
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The Mexican War of Independence was an armed conflict, lasting over a decade, which had several distinct phases and took place in different regions of the Spanish colony of New Spain. (1810-1821)
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(1833-1836)
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This causes the war between both countries, ending in 1848 with the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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California, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada are sold to USA
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They install Maximilian of Austria as president in 1864, then Benito Juarez expels him and becomes president in 1867
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Santa Anna was imprisoned in 1867 then exiled until 1874.
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They install Maximilian of Austria as president in 1864, then Benito Juarez expels him and becomes president in 1867.
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The Constitution of Mexico, formally the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, is the current constitution of Mexico.
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This was once the unstoppable and more powerful political party in Mexico. It is still very powerful, but it has become more balanced. Evolves from PNR to PRM, and finally to PRI which rules the government until 2000, where Vicente Fox, breaks the pattern with PAN.
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Mexican Petroleum, but is trademarked and better known as Pemex, is the Mexican state-owned petroleum company, created in 1938 by nationalization or expropriation of all private, foreign, and domestic oil companies at that time.
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PAN is a conservative political party in Mexico, one of the three main political parties in Mexico.
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Mexico joins Allies in World War II, thus, declaring war on Germany and Japan
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Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Mexico City that took place October 12–27, 1968. The Mexico City Games were the 16th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games.
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Cantarell Complex is an aging supergiant offshore oil field in Mexico.
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(September 19, 7:17 am) The event caused between three and four billion USD in damage as 412 buildings collapsed and another 3,124 were seriously damaged in the city.
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The North American Free Trade Agreement is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America.
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Fox was elected President of Mexico in the 2000 presidential election, a historically significant election since it made him the first president elected from an opposition party since the election of Francisco I. Madero in 1910.
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