Mexico By Bex Kentfield & Francesca Hooper. Basic Facts Capital: Mexico City Most populated: Mexico City / Veracruz / Guadalajara Geography: Mexico is.

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Mexico By Bex Kentfield & Francesca Hooper

Basic Facts Capital: Mexico City Most populated: Mexico City / Veracruz / Guadalajara Geography: Mexico is in middle or north America, and borders the Carribean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico Current government: Republic, under President Marcelo Ebrard Population: 109,955,400 Trading: Oil and Silver

Early Civilizations Mesoamerica BC, the Olmecs Teotihuacán The Zapotec people (an example of art on the right) Mayans-AD , Flourished between 600 and 900 AD

Spanish Invasion 16 th century, Mexico still Mayan Spanish exploration leads to invasion by Cortez Next 300 years- ‘New Spain’ Hernando Cortés

Wars Rebellion Against Spanish Creoles Sep 16 th, 1810-Hidalgo 1812-Morelos Sep 18 th, 1821-Independent govt. Mexican-US War US wins states back – Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Political Instability 1861-President Juarez-church (  ) 1864-Archduke Maximillian- becomes emperor (picture above) Juarez- ‘Restoration of the Republic’ Porfiro Diaz-dictatorship

Revolution to Present Day 1929: Formation of PRI, Partido Revolucionario Institucional or Institutional Revolutionary Party. 1994: Mexico joins NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) 2000: PRI loses power to National Action Party (VicenteFox as seen below)

Illegal Immigration Want better life-style in North America ‘Push factor’ 2002: 130,000 were deported 2005: 120,000 from Central America (deported)

Contemporary History President Felipe Calderón (2006) Won with 36.8% of votes Drug Cartels Captured Drug Cartel Leader – Pedro Diaz Parada (below)

The Drug War (2008) ‘It’s a war’ – Calderón Small doses of certain drugs were legalized (April) 9,903 deaths to do the ‘drug war’ March: 2000 soldiers & federal police entered border town of Ciudad Juarez

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