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The ensuring Peninsular War between Spain and France will lead almost directly to the mexican war for independence.
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Father Manuel Hidalgo issues his famous call for mexican independence.
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The Independence war and the chaos followed broke the countrie´s economy.
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Morelos succeds Hidalgo as leader of Mexico´s independence movement and proclaims a Mexican republic.
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The flood in Valencia's silver mine (the biggest in the world) caused millionaire losses.
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Spanish vendors returned to Spain like the mine workers, this caused an insurgency.
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Iturbide meets with Guerrero and issues the plan of Iguala.
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Guadalupe Victoria becomes Mexico´s first elected president.
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Santa Anna himself becomes president after leading the succesful resistance against Spain´s attempt to recapturate Mexico in 1829.
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The French Intervention in Mexico costed a lot of money due to the french demands.
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The U.S.A declare war on Mexico.
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The mid-nineteenth-century Liberal Reform attempted to decrease the economic power of the Roman Catholic Church.
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On March 1st, 1854 Santa Anna was taken out of the power by General Juan Álvarez, who was liberal, with the Plan de Ayutla.
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The Constitution of 1857 was claimed on February 5th, this Constitution gave individual guarantees to all mexicans.
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Reform War started in Mexico.
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Maximilian von Habsburg arrives to Mexico in 1864, by orders of Napoleon III, with his monarchical government which had conservative ideologies.
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Agriculture was the main form of income, since it
was the main thing that we exported. Since 1880s more or less. -
The lower classes such as the peones were
poor and were purely depending on
the hacendados basically for anything, they
paid taxes to hacendados and had the ”tiendas
de raya” which were the stores where they
change their coins for food or wood, etc. This
coins were gained based on the amount of
work they’ve done. -
Around 1884 the railroads were a huge improvement implemented by Porfirio allowing the trade
between the country and to “El Paso” with the US stabilizing the mexican economy. -
Textile companies and factories started to be
implemented in Mexico around 1885. -
During the Porfiriato, the rural population was angry because of the dispossession of land which left many people without job and home, this made people to migrate to the city.
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Hacendados and científicos were receiving
advantages/privileges thanks to Porfirio Díaz
during the Porfiriato. -
Political conflicts so economical intensified because of the stubborn Diaz remained in the personalistic power of
his government.
