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Glorious Revolution
Overthrown King James II -> William III -
Great Britain and The Bill of Rights
- Main purpose: restore and strengthen the parliament.
- The bill outlined specific constitutional and civil rights and ultimately gave Parliament power over the monarchy.
- Legacy: *Preamble of the United States Declaration of Independence *Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen *Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Bourbon Reforms
Imperial reconquest -
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The Seventeen Years War
- Mercantilism – Encouraging local production (tariffs , monopolies)
- Balance of trade within the same government.
- COLONIES (LAND- TERRITORY) : *Produce raw materials *Buy finished goods
- France (Native Allies) vs GB fighting for colonial supremacy
- Great awakening
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Proclamation Line
Attempts to limit western expansion. -
The Sugar Act
Reduce smuggling (sugar and rum) -
The Stamp Act
New imposed tax: imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies -
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The Stamp Act Congress
Coordinated boycott of British goods
- Civil disobedience
- The Sons of Liberty (merchants) (Samuel Adams and John Hancock) -
The Townshed Acts
Increasing taxes on paint, paper, glass, lead and tea. -
Boston Massacre
Street brawl that ended with 5 persons killed and 6 wounded. -
The Boston Tea Party
Coordinated Boycott – NON IMPORTATION
The Daughters of Liberty:
* Textile shortage -> spinning bees
* Hold the boycott – women’s role on purchasing consumer goods (tea) -
Tea Act
- Removed other taxes except tea tax
- Colonists consumed 1.2 million pounds of tea/year
- Smuggling tea from the Dutch – Liberty Tea (Daughters of Liberty)
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The Intolerable Acts
- The Quebec Act
- Boston Port Act
- Massachusets Government Act
- Administration and Justice Act
- Quartering Act
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First Continental Congress
- 12/13 Colonies (except Georgia) gathering at Philadelphia.
- Coordinated resistance to Intolerable Acts
- Promoted equality of participants (delegates) and free debate.
- Articles of association – Continue without import British goods.
- Loyalty to the King of GB but disagreement with the Parliament.
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Common Sense
- Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine
- Main Ideas : *Government served the people *Against Monarchy *America “home of the free” *Opportunity to crear a new nation based on self-rule
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The declaration of Independence USA
Thomas Jefferson is the main author -
Articles of the Confederation USA
- Central government
- Weak and ineffective
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The Treaty of Paris
- France granted diplomatic recognition to the US
- France supported the colonies and Washington’s army
- Recognized the Independence of American Colonies
- Granted the Americans control of the western territory from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River.
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American Constitution
- Federal system: national and state governments share power
- Power división: executive, legislative, and judicial (Montesquieu)
- Presidential democracy
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The American Bill of Rights
- Guaranteed freedom of religión, speech, press, petition, and assembly.
- Rights derived from the natural-rights (Locke)
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Estates-General
Louis XVI convened the Estates-General, which had not met since 1614 -
National Assembly
The Third Estate declared that it was the National Assembly and would draft a constitution. -
The Tennis Court Oath
Voting system on the Estates-General. The Third Estate demanded 1 vote per deputy and not per estate (more equal and fair). -
The Storming of the Bastille
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The Declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen
Inspired by the English Bill of Rights of 1689 and the American Declaration of Independence and Constitution. -
Legislative Assembly
NEW RULES , NEW LEADERS
- Political groups were well defined.
- Pillnitz Declaration -
National Convention
New elections held: republicans won.
Law of Maximums. -
New Constitution
Created a Security Public Committee. -
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Reign of Terror
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First Conspiracies of the Mexican Independence
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The Beginning of Miguel Hidalgo - Mexican Independence
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Military Organization of the Mexican Independence
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Grito de Dolores
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Take over of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas
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Insurgent captured and executed
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Chilapancingo Congress
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"Los Sentimientos de la Nación"
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Apatzingán Constitution
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Dispersion of the Mexican Independence
Guerra de Guerrillas -
Arrival of Francisco Javier Mina
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Consummation of the Mexican Independence
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Plan de Iguala
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Abrazo de Acatempan
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Cordoba Treaties
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Plan de Casa Mata
Antonio López de Santa Ana -
Dissolution of the Congress dominated by republicans
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Mexico 1822
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Plan de Casa Mata
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana -
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Mexican Empire : Iturbide I
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Acto de la Unión
Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua y Costa Rica -
Monroe Doctrine
Three main points:
–No future European colonization in the New World. (Response to the Congress of Vienna, 1815)
–USA will be absent of the European political issues
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Triunvirato Government
- Risk of territorial fragmentation
- Federalism
- Fray Servando Teresa de Mier
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The Federal Republic Constitution
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Guadalupe Victoria (Liberal)
- Desorganized economy, states not paying taxes
- Church, nobility monopoly
- Recognition from USA and Great Britain
- Re conquest attempt from Spain
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Anastacio Bustamante (Cons)
- Alamán Regime
- Re organization of mexican economy: Bank, textiles industry, inmigration policy against USA expansionism (north), internal colonization.
- Liberals against Bustamante - Manuel Gómez Pedraza (St. Ana)
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Santa Ana y Valentín Farías (Vice)
Liberals
Reforms of 1833
(VGF)
Santa Anna –
Centralist Republic
(Suppression of the
Reform)
Constitution 1835-
1836 -
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Guerra de Texas
CAUSES
• Spanish abandonment (New
Spain)
• American colonization during the
New Spain and American
Expansionism.
• Cultural differences from MX:
Language, religion, slavery.
• Abolition of slavery in Mexico,
1829
• Federalism suppression
• 1835 – Texas declares it’s
independence -
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Rebellions in Mexico
• Celaya, Tampico, Monterrey
• Yucatán -
Tratados de Velasco
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Guerra de los Pasteles
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Peace Treaty commerce
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Constitution 1843
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US-Mexican War
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Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo
Recognition of the Río Bravo as the northern/southern border USA-Mexico -
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Venta de la Mesilla (Tucson)
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Plan de Ayutla and Santa Ana's Fall
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Ley Juárez
• Justice
• All are equal
before the law
• Eliminate
church
privileges -
Ley Lerdo
• Economical
• Church
properties to
sell. -
Ley Iglesias
• Church Tax
(Thite)
• Non compulsory
thite -
Constitution
-
Félix Zuloaga recognized as president
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Guerra de Reforma
-Plan de Tacubaya
-Maintained Comonfort (moderate liberal) -
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Guerra de Reforma
-Plan de Tacubaya
- Abolish 1857 Constitution
- Félix Zuloaga, Palacio Arzobispal de Tacubaya (Mexico City)
- Maintained Comonfort (moderate liberal) as president and powers to abolish the constitution and call a new Constituent Assembly. -
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Leyes de Reforma
Busca la separación definitiva del Estado -
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Leyes de Reforma
- Ley de Nacionalización de los Bienes Eclesiásticos
- Ley del Matrimonio Civil
- Ley Orgánica del Registro Civil
- Ley de Exclaustración de Monjas y Frailes
- Ley Sobre la Libertad de Cultos
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American Civil War