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Were a series of secessions and revolts against the centralist government of Mexico in the period 1835-1846.
Chronology
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Following the failure of the Mexican federal system, centralism gained ground and Congress amended the Constitution of 1824 to create a centralist republic, limiting the power of states and reducing the military. These events led to a rebellion in Zacatecas.
April 1835: Following the failure of the federal system, centralism gained ground and Congress amended the Constitution of 1824 to create a centralist republic, limiting the power of states and reducing the military. These events led to a rebellion in Zacatecas.
July-August 1837: popular insurrection in New Mexico against Albino Pérez, the Mexican governor at the time.
August 1837: July-August 1837: popular insurrection in New Mexico against Albino Pérez, the Mexican governor at the time.
Was a revolt of native Maya people of the Yucatán Peninsula against Hispanic populations.
January 1851: Yucateco forces rallied, aided by fresh guns, money, and troops from Mexico City, and pushed back the Maya from more than half of the state.
By 1850 the Maya occupied two distinct regions in the southeast. In the 1850s a stalemate developed, with the Yucatecan government in control of the northwest, and the Maya in control of the southeast, with a sparsely populated jungle frontier in between.
June 1839: The rebels took over Valladolid, Espita, Izamal and, finally Mérida on the Yucatán peninsula.
March 1840: In February 1840, Manuel Crescencio Rejón, a prominent liberal leader, proclaimed Yucatan's return to a federal regime. This move was in opposition to the Centralist Republic of Mexico, led by President Anastasio Bustamante.
March 1841: The Republic of Yucatán (Spanish: República de Yucatán) was a sovereign state during two periods of the nineteenth century. The first Republic of Yucatán, founded May 29, 1823, willingly joined the Mexican federation as the Federated Republic of Yucatán on December 23, 1823, less than seven months later. The second Republic of Yucatán began in 1841, with its declaration of independence from the Centralist Republic of Mexico.
January 1842: In 1841, Mexican politician Santiago Méndez Ibarra and military leader Santiago Imán declared the Yucatán Peninsula an independent republic, known as the Yucatan Republic, in response to political and economic grievances with the Mexican government.
May 1839: A federalist movement led by Santiago Imán created a rival government in Tizimín, which soon took over Valladolid, Espita, Izamal and, finally Mérida on the Yucatán peninsula.
June 1848: By spring of 1848, the Maya forces had taken over most of the Yucatán, with the exception of the walled cities of Campeche and Mérida and the southwest coast.
August 1848: Yucatán was officially reunited with Mexico.
January 1871: The Maya briefly took Corozal Town in 1870.
May 1901: In 1901 Mexican general Ignacio Bravo managed to defeat the Maya rebels. Bravo telegraphed the news that the war was over on May 5, 1901.
September 1872: After the Battle of Orange Walk the maya withdrew to their territories.
Was one of a series of independence movements in Mexico against the unitary government dominated by Antonio López de Santa Anna.
January 1840: The Republic of the Rio Grande was just one of a series of independence movements in Mexico under the unitary government dominated by Santa Anna, including the Republic of Texas, the Republic of Zacatecas, and the Republic of Yucatán. The rebellion lasted from January 17 to November 6, 1840.
November 1840: The Republic of the Rio Grande was just one of a series of independence movements in Mexico under the unitary government dominated by Santa Anna, including the Republic of Texas, the Republic of Zacatecas, and the Republic of Yucatán. The rebellion lasted from January 17 to November 6, 1840.
Was a war between the United States of America and Mexico caused by the U.S. annexion of Texas, a country that had seceded from Mexico, and by the American aim to annex California and Oregon.
August 1846: After the Mexican-American War, interim president José Mariano Salas restored the 1824 constitution on August 22, 1846, establishing the Second Federal Republic of Mexico.
5.1.Texas Campaign (Mexican-American War)
Was a battle that opened Mexican-American War in 1846 between the military forces of the United States and Mexico twenty miles west upriver from Zachary Taylor's camp along the Rio Grande.
April 1846: Battle at Rancho Carricitos between the military forces of the United States and Mexico twenty miles west upriver from Zachary Taylor's camp along the Rio Grande. The Mexican force defeated the Americans in the opening of hostilities of the Mexican-American War.
May 1846: After the Battle of Resaca de la Palma the mexicans left Texas.
5.2.Conquest of California
Was a revolt against Mexican authority in California, followed shortly after by an invasion by the United States.
November 1846: In 1846, General Stephen W. Kearny led a 100-man force during the Mexican-American War. Los Angeles had been taken by Californios led by General José María Flores, a Mexican military officer. Kearny's force learned this information from Mexican herders in the area.
July 1846: Three weeks later, on July 5, 1846, the Republic's military of 100 to 200 men was subsumed into the California Battalion commanded by Brevet Captain John C. Frémont. The Bear Flag Revolt and whatever remained of the "California Republic" ceased to exist on July 9 when U.S. Navy Lieutenant Joseph Revere raised the United States flag in front of the Sonoma Barracks and sent a second flag to be raised at Sutter's Fort.
October 1846: Fifty of Flores' men took San Diego when the small American garrison of less than 20 men retreated. At Santa Barbara, the 10-man U.S. garrison also surrendered the town and escaped under pressure.
July 1846: U.S. major John C. Frémont raised the U.S. flag over San Juan Bautista.
July 1846: Battalion landed and raised the U.S. flag in San Diego.
July 1846: U.S. Landing at Monterey where the Americans claim California.
July 1846: The American flag flew above Sutter's Fort and Bodega Bay.
August 1846: Commodore Robert F. Stockton entered Los Angeles.
December 1846: American General Stephen Watts Kearny's army approached San Pascual.
December 1846: In 1846, American explorer and military officer John C. Frémont reached Santa Barbara during the Mexican-American War. He raised the American flag after the territory was taken over by the United States.
January 1847: U.S. major John C. Frémont arrived at San Fernando.
January 1847: Brigadier General Stephen Watts Kearny occupies Los Angeles, ending active resistance to American rule.
January 1847: At a deserted rancho at the north end of Cahuenga Pass, the Treaty of Cahuenga was signed. This unofficial truce, which did not have the backing of the American government and had nothing to do with the Mexican government, was honored by both the Americans and Californios. Fighting ceased, and the United States acquired "Alta California".
July 1846: A garrison of Stockton's men raised the U.S. flag at Santa Barbara.
June 1846: On June 14, 1846, English settlers in Sonoma arrested and imprisoned the local governor, declaring an independent republic of California.
July 1846: In 1846, a group of American settlers known as the Osos, led by William B. Ide, peacefully took control of Yerba Buena (now San Francisco) from Mexican authorities during the Bear Flag Revolt in California. This event marked the beginning of the California Republic.
December 1846: In 1846, a group of Californians led by William B. Ide seized Lt. Washington Bartlett, who was the acting alcalde of Yerba Buena (now San Francisco). This event was part of the Bear Flag Revolt, a movement to establish an independent California Republic during the Mexican-American War.
January 1847: At Yerba Buena, the Mexican surrendered to American forces.
5.3.New Mexico campaign (Mexican-American War)
Was the U.S. occupation of New Mexico during the Mexican-American War.
December 1846: American forces under Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan occupy the town of El Paso, Texas.
December 1846: The Capture of Tucson in 1846 was led by American military officer Captain Philip St. George Cooke.
August 1846: In 1846, General Stephen W. Kearny led the United States Army into Santa Fe, where he claimed the New Mexico Territory for the United States.
5.3.1.Taos Revolt
Was a popular insurrection in January 1847 by Hispano and Puebloan allies against the United States' occupation of present-day northern New Mexico during the Mexican-American War.
February 1847: In 1847, General Sterling Price led American forces through Don Fernando de Taos, where they encountered strong resistance from Mexican rebels who had fortified Pueblo de Taos.
February 1847: The Siege of Pueblo de Taos in 1847 was the final battle of the Taos Revolt, a popular insurrection against the United States' occupation of New Mexico during the Mexican-American War. The revolt was led by Mexican and Pueblo leaders, including Pablo Montoya and Tomas Romero.
October 1847: American capture of Guaymas, Sonora, on October 19, 1847.
January 1847: The Taos Revolt was a popular insurrection in January 1847 by Hispano and Puebloan allies against the United States' occupation of present-day northern New Mexico during the Mexican–American War.
January 1847: The Battle of Cañada was a popular insurrection against the American occupation of New Mexico by Mexicans and Pueblo Indians.
January 1847: First Battle of Mora.
January 1847: Battle of Embudo Pass.
February 1847: Second Battle of Mora.
May 1847: A detachment of American troops, traveling through northern New Mexico, were attacked by a combined force of Mexican militia with their Apache, Kiowa, and Comanche allies.
July 1847: The Las Vegas affair or the Battle of Las Vegas was a battle of the Taos Revolt.
July 1847: The Battle of Cienega Creek, was the last engagement of the Taos Revolt during the Mexican–American War. The battle occurred on July 9, 1847.
5.4.Northeastern Mexico
Was the invasion of northeastern Mexico by the United States of America during the Mexican-American War.
September 1846: Battle of Monterrey.
February 1847: Battle of Buena Vista.
5.5.Pacific Coast campaign
Was the invasion of the Pacific coast of Mexico by the United States of America during the Mexican-American War.
March 1847: In 1847, Commodore John D. Sloat ordered Captain John B. Montgomery to seize San Jose del Cabo and San Lucas in Baja California. This was part of the broader US military occupation of California during the Mexican-American War.
January 1848: A landing party from the bark USS Whiton"' under Lieutenant Frederick Chatard, captured the coastal fort of San Blas.
April 1847: American seize La Paz.
November 1847: American Bluejackets and marines landed to occupy Mazatlán, Sinaloa.
5.6.Northwestern Mexico
Was the invasion of northwestern Mexico by the United States of America during the Mexican-American War.
March 1847: U.S. coloenel Doniphan occupied Chihuahua City.
5.7.Scott's invasion of Mexico's heartland
Was the invasion of central Mexico by the United States during the Mexican-American War that culminated with the occupation of Mexico City.
September 1847: Battle of Chapultepec.
April 1847: U.S. General William J. Worth's division captured San Carlos Fortress in 1847.
March 1847: Siege of Veracruz.
May 1847: American General Winfield Scott occupied Puebla on May 15, 1847.
September 1847: U.S. Major General Winfield Scott defeats the Mexicans and captures Mexico City in the Battle for Mexico City.
5.8.Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Was a peace treaty signed on February 2, 1848, in the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo (now a neighborhood of Mexico City) between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). It gave the United States the Rio Grande as a boundary for Texas, and gave the U.S. ownership of California and a large area comprising roughly half of New Mexico, most of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah and Colorado.
May 1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is the peace treaty signed on February 2, 1848, in the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican-American War. The ratifications were exchanged on May 30, and the treaty was proclaimed on July 4, 1848. t gave the United States the Rio Grande as a boundary for Texas, and gave the U.S. ownership of California and a large area comprising roughly half of New Mexico, most of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah and Colorado.
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Mexican Federalist War
