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Mar 14, 1519
Hernán Cortes enters to Tenochtitlan
Hernán Cortes arrives to the coast of Mexico and travels to the capital city of Tenochtitlan where he defeated the Aztec Empire with the help of Native American civilizations -
Cry of Independence
The parish priest of the town of Dolores, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, he exhorted his following to take up arms and join him in his fight against the injustices of the Spanish colonial system and within moments he had an army of some 600 men. This action became known as the "Grito de Dolores" or "Cry of Dolores" and today -
Mexico is declared an independence country
A document written by which the Mexican Empire declared the country independent from the Spanish Empire, this document was drafted in the National Palace by Juan José Espinosa de los Monteros, secretary of the provisional governmental board. -
Agustín Iturbide empire
After Mexico was declared an independent nation, Agustín Iturbide enter Mexico with the army of Three Guarantees, the independence of the First Mexican Empire was declared and general Itrubide who was a criollo became Emperor Agustin I of Mexico. -
Guadalupe Victoria first president of Mexico
He abandoned law school and became part of the independence fight, after all of his hard work he was promoted colonel and was in charge of the Veracruz campaign, in 1921 he supported The Plan of Iguala, after Iturbide was exiled, Victoria became part of the Supreme Executive Power and a year later, became the first president of Mexico mainly focusing in making other countries recognize Mexico as an independent country. -
Mexican territory is given to USA
The Mexican American War grew out of unresolved border disputes between the Republic of Texas and Mexico after the Texas Annexation by the United States. It was fought in Texas, New Mexico, California and Central, Northern and Eastern Mexico including Mexico City. It ended in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in which Mexico was forced to sell Alta California and New Mexico to the United States for $15 million. -
Federal Constitution
Establishing individual rights such as freedom of speech; freedom of conscience; freedom of the press; freedom of assembly; and the right to bear arms. It also reaffirmed the abolition of slavery, eliminated debtor prison, and eliminated all forms of cruel and unusual punishment, including the death penalty. Also made the national government responsible for providing free, universal, and
secular education. -
French Intervention
the French under Napoleon III tried to create an empire in Mexico under a puppet ruler, the Archduke Maximilian of Austria. Over the next five years of war some 300,000 Mexicans died, and French ambitions were dealt a bruising blow -
Porfirio Diaz becomes president of Mexico
Díaz took control of Mexico City by force of arms until 1911 when he was forced into permanent exile by the new revolutionary government. During his rule, internal peace and stability came to Mexico, although sometimes at the expense of individual liberty. The presidency of Porfirio Díaz brought numerous economic and social benefits to Mexico, lifting it out of over a century of constant civil war, anarchy and chaos, and into the modern, industrial world. -
Mexican Revolution
Was initiated because of disagreement among the Mexican people over the dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz, who lasted for thirty-one years.
The official end of the Mexican Revolution is often taken to be the creation of the Constitution of Mexico in 1917, however the fighting continued long into the following decade.
The Mexican Revolution was aimed at ensuring a fairer way of life for the farming classes. -
Flow of immigrants
The Mexican Revolution increased the flow of immigrants: people were looking to escape the war, seeking refugee. Mexicans wanted a more stability and employment and left the rural areas. Approximately 900 000 immigrants went to U.S.A. -
Cristera War
It was an armed confrontation between Government of Elías Calles and the Church. The Church was against the Government wanting to finish with all the privileges that the Church had such as lands, right to vote, government will assign number of churches, etc... These laws were promoted in the new Constitution of 1917. -
Rebuilding the nation & institutions
President Lázaro Cárdenas reestablished the ancient ejido system: established communally shared tracts of farmland which favored the economy and the people. Also World War II helped development of roads, factories, institutions, etc.. -
Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games were celebrated in Mexico. The altitude of Mexico City was an advantage for the players, but a disadvantage was the rarefied air. -
Economic Crisis
The Economic Crisis of 1976 was consequence of a series of unfortunate events in the previous years: lack of employment, coin value, migration from rural areas to cities, and to U.S.A., minimum salary, big gap between rich and poor, etc.. -
Mexico Earthquake
Mexico City suffered an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 Richter scale at 7:17 a.m.,412 buildings collapsed in the city and 9500 people died.Mexico´s president was Miguel de la Madrid and instead of providing full and effective emergency services,he focused on the crisis his political party(PRI)was facing. -
North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
NAFTA is a trade pact signed in 1992 while Carlos Salinas de Gortari was president of Mexico. This pact eliminated tariffs and barriers for trade between the U.S.A, Canada and Mexico. It was inspired by the success of the European Economic Community eliminating tariffs to aid trade and create well paying jobs in the three countries. -
Economic austerity
Mexican financial crisis, also known as “Tequila Crisis” and worst banking crisis in Mexican history started after the devaluation of the peso from 5.3 pesos per dollar to 10 pesos per dollar, losing third of its value during the presidency of Ernesto Zedillo. -
Ending of PRI rule in Mexico
The Mexican political party known as PRI had held power uninterrupted in the presidency of the of the country for 71 years. In July 2000 Vicente Fox, candidate of the opposite political party, won president elections and on December of the year 2000 was sworn as president, ending the era of PRI in Mexico for a while. -
Felipe Calderón against Drug Trafficking
In 2006 candidate Felipe Calderón won presidential elections and a federal police force was created to stop drugs cartels starting war on drugs which now a days still holds a lot of power and influence in Mexican government, security and safety.
