1. Early 19th Century Mexico
Liberals vs. Conservatives

2. Conservatives
Liberals
Caudillos
Pronunciamiento
Cuartelzo
Augustin de Iturbide (Emperor Augustin I)
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

3. Santa Anna President and “Power Behind the Scenes”
President of Mexico
In office: May 16, 1833 – June 3, 1833 June 18, 1833 – July 5, 1833 October 27, 1833 – December 15, 1833 April 24, 1834 – January 27, 1835 March 20, 1839 – July 10, 1839 October 10, –October 26, 1842 March 4, 1843 – October 4, 1843 June 4, 1844 – September 12, 1844 March 21, 1847 – April 2, 1847 May 20, 1847 – September 15, 1847 April 20, 1853 – August 9, 1855

4. Plan de Casa Mata 1823
Constitution of 1824
Federalism
Guadalupe Victoria
Nicolas Bravo
Freemasonry
Joel Poinsett
Vicente Guerrero
Bustamonte
Lucas Alaman
Valentin Gomez Farias
Texas
Battle of San Jacinto
Centralism
Poder Conservador
“Pastry War”

5. American War (Mexican War) 1846-1848
President Polk
“Manifest Destiny”
“Ninos Heroes”
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
Curanderos
Pulque
Leva
“Gente Decente”
Lucas Alaman, Historia de Mexico
Indigenismo vs Hispanismo
Mexico (Mejico)