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Name: United Mexican States

Type: Polity

Start: 1867 AD

End: 2022 AD

Nation: mexico

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This article is about the specific polity United Mexican States and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Is a country in the southern portion of North America. Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821. Initially controlling most of the former territories of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, after notable losses it attained its actual borders in 1848 and its actual form of Government in 1867.

Establishment


  • June 1867: Maximilian I, an Austrian archduke, was installed as Emperor of Mexico by French forces in 1864. However, he was captured and executed by firing squad in 1867 after the French withdrew their support for his regime. This marked the end of the Second Federal Republic of Mexico and the restoration of the Republic.
  • June 1867: Ultimately the French were unable to consolidate control of the entire nation and under pressure from the United States which after the end of the Civil War, could more effectively enforce the Monroe Doctrine, withdrew from Mexico, leading to the Empire's collapse in 1867.
  • Chronology


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    1. French interventions in Mexico


    Were two French military interventions in Mexico.

    1.1.Second French intervention in Mexico

    Was an invasion of Mexico by the Second French Empire. It led to the creation of the Second Mexican Empire, a French protectorate, which collapsed after the withdrawal of the French troops.

    1.1.1.French withdrawal (Second French intervention in Mexico)

    Was the withdrawal of French forces from Mexico at the end of the Second French intervention in Mexico.


    2. Mexican Federalist War


    Were a series of secessions and revolts against the centralist government of Mexico in the period 1835-1846.

    2.1.Caste War of Yucatán

    Was a revolt of native Maya people of the Yucatán Peninsula against Hispanic populations.

  • 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.

  • 3. Mexican Revolution


    Was a civil war in Mexico. A series of presidential changes initiated by the end of the decades-long regime of president Porfirio Diaz caused revolts in different regions of the country.

    3.1.Phase 2: Madero Presidency

    Was the second phase of the Mexican Revolution. After the abdication of Porfirio Diaz, Francisco Madeiro became president. He was murdered, and Victoriano Huerta took his place.

    3.1.1.Zapatista revolt

    Was a revolt led by Emiliano Zapata during the Mexican Revolution.

  • March 1914: In mid-March, Zapata took Chilpancingo.
  • July 1914: Acapulco, Iguala, Taxco and Buenavista de Cuellar conquered by Zapatistas.

  • 3.2.Phase 3: The Huerta regime

    Was the third phase of the Mexican Revolution. Victoriano Huerta ousted president Francisco Madeiro.

  • September 1914: Villa's victory at Zacatecas in June 1914 broke the back of the Huerta regime. Huerta left the country on 14 July 1914. The Federal Army collapsed, ceasing to exist as an institution. In August 1914, Carranza and his revolutionary army entered Mexico City ahead of Villa.

  • 3.2.1.Villista revolt

    Was a revolt led by Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution. It was a reaction to the presidency of Victoriano Huerta, who had overthrew his predecessor.

  • November 1913: The period 1913-1914 was the time of Villa's greatest international fame and military. A rapid, hard-fought series of victories at Ciudad Juárez, Tierra Blanca, Chihuahua, and Ojinaga followed.
  • June 1914: Villistas captured the strategic city of Torreón.
  • June 1914: Battle of Zacatecas.

  • 3.2.2.United States occupation of Veracruz

    In April 1914 U.S. opposition to Mexican president Victoriano Huerta culminated in the seizure and occupation of the port of Veracruz.

  • April 1914: In April 1914, President Woodrow Wilson ordered the U.S. Navy to seize the port of Veracruz in Mexico as a response to the Huerta regime's refusal to apologize for the Tampico Affair.
  • November 1914: From April 21 until November 23, 1914, the US military occupied the Mexican city of Veracruz.

  • 3.3.Phase 4: Civil War Constutionalists vs Villistas and Zapatistas

    Was the last phase of the Mexican revolution that consisted in a civil war mainly by the Constitutionalists against the Villistas and Zapatistas.

  • July 1920: The interim government of Adolfo de la Huerta negotiated Pancho Villa's surrender in 1920, rewarding him with an hacienda.

  • 4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • November 1902: Britain and Mexico, in 1893, agreed on the Rio Hondo as the border between Mexico and British Honduras, which was finalized in 1897.

  • January 1936: After continuing guerrilla attacks against the Mexicans, under the leadership of General Francisco May, the Maya signed a formal peace treaty with the government of Mexico.

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