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Iturbide had freed Mexico from Spain by staging a coup d’état. Several bas precedents would plague Mexico well into the twentieth century. -
Revolutionary movements were almost always preceded by a plan. The military was very much involved in politics and established in Mexican politics. -
Iturbide’s reign would not last long as he created and inherited many problems that Mexico faced. In the end, Iturbide was not an emperor, but rather he was a caudillo. -
The Independence movement had left Mexico in a bit of chaos. The silver mining was destroyed. Capital were investing their money outside of Mexico rather than reinvesting it into their own country. -
Agricutltural production had decreased causing food prices to rise. Iturbide was critized for nepotism. He awarded noble titles to his family and even made the birthdays of some of his family members national holidays. -
Iturbide elevate himself to the position of Emperor of Mexico. He made himself Generalissimo de Tierra y mar, and gave himself a large salary. -
He became the first Mexican leader to get rid of a legislative branch that had disagreed with him.
A man became a major player in Mexican politics for the next several decades, Antonio de Padua María Severino Lópeza de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón. -
He entered the Plan of Veracruz, in which Mexico was turned into a republic. Iturbide would be arrested for treason and met demise in 1824.