International Conflicts in Mexico during the XIX century

By Lani López

  • Separation of Texas

    Separation of Texas
    Location: Washington-on-the-Brazos
    Description: The land in Texas was cheap, so many Americans settled there. Americans brought slaves knowing that Mexican laws didn't´t allow it. American settlers, Tejanos, and Mexicans who lived in Texas, wanted to separate from Mexico.
    The Texas Declaration of Independence was made and signed at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos.
    Main characters: Benj. Briggs Goodrich, G. W. Barnett, James G., Swisher, Jesse Grimes, S. Fisher.

  • Pastry war

    Pastry war
    Location: Mexico
    Description: During the chaos, a group of Mexican soldiers ransacked shops located in the Parian Marketplace, in Mexico City. One of them was a pastry shop owned by a French citizen named Remontel. His shop was completely looted.
    Main characters: Antonio López de Santa Anna, Guadalupe Victoria, Mariano Arista, Louis Philippe I, France Charles Baudin.

  • War with the United States

    War with the United States
    Location: Texas, New Mexico, California; Northern, Central, and Eastern Mexico; Mexico City
    Description: It was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848. It was after Texas was declared independent. The problem was that Mexico still considered Texas their territory.
    Main characters: Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mariano Arista, Pedro de Ampudia, Nicolás Bravo, Zachary Taylor, Robert E. Lee, James K. Polk, Winfield Scott.

  • French Intervention

    French Intervention
    Location: Mexico
    Description: The French, under Napoleon III tried to established an empire in Mexico with a puppet ruler, the Archduke Maximilian of Austria. On the five years of war, 300,000 Mexicans died, and French ambitions were affected too.
    Main characters: Antonio López de Santa Anna, Guadalupe Victoria, Mariano Arista, Maximilian I of Mexico, Napoleon III Charles Baudin.

  • Second Empire with Maximilian

    Second Empire with Maximilian
    Location: Mexico
    Description: During the formation of the empire, Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria was appointed Emperor of Mexico and the Mexican Empire was formed. He and his consort settled themselves and their court in Chapultepec Castle, located on the outskirts of the city.
    Main characters: Maximilian of Austria, Benito Juárez.

  • Identification

    Lani López Pérez - A01367490
    Ximena Gallegos Hernández - A01367844