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Classical Period
The classical period in Mexico lasted from 300 AD until 900 AD. It consisted of the founding of modern cities such as Teotihuacan. -
Period: 300 to 500
Classical Period
The classical period in Mexico lasted from 300 AD until 900 AD. It consisted of the founding of modern cities such as Teotihuacan. -
Apr 15, 1519
Hernan Cortes Invades Mexico
The Spanish conquest began with Hernan Cortes' invasion of Mexico. He attacked the coast with the infamous Spanish Armada. Many of the native Aztecs and Mayans were killed off by both diseases carried to South America by the Spainiards. -
Period: Apr 15, 1519 to
Spanish Colonization
The conquest lasted through 1810 and created much of modern mexico. Children of Europeans and Native Mexicans became known as Mestizos, and make up the majority of modern Mexico's poputlation. -
Period: Jan 1, 1523 to
Viceroy rule and "New Spain"
Viceroys ruled "New Spain," which claimed its northeast boundary near what today is Charleston, SC and its northwestern outposts at San Francisco. CA and Taos, NM. -
Jan 1, 1540
Northern Expansion of Mexico
Expansion northward: Soto in present southeast United States; Coronado in southwest; Cabrillo in California. -
Spain's loss of Florida
New Spain lost Florida to Great Britain but gained Louisiana from France. -
Expulsion of Jesuits
The Jesuits are expelled from New Spain -
Louisiana Lost to French
Napoleon took Louisiana back from New Spain but sold it to the United States. -
Peninsular War
Napoleon deposed Spanish king and replaced him with his brother, Joseph, precipitating revolution and the Peninsular War and, ultimately, his own downfall. -
"El Grito" (The Cry for Independence)
The beginning of the Mexican revolution against Spain, led in part by Father Miguel Hidalgo. On September 16th, peasents responded to the tolling of church bells by meeting in town squares to protest SPanish colonial rule. They shouted "Long live religion!, Long live Our Lady of Guadalupe! Long live the Americas and death to the corrupt government!" -
Signing of the Plan of Iguala
General Augustín de Iturbide signed the Plan of Iguala to establish the new nation: conservative rule to protect upper orders against the masses. In July, the last Viceroy, Juan O'Donojú, recognized Mexican independence in the Treaty of Córdoba. Iturbide proclaimed himself Emperor Iturbide I. In the same year, Austins began American settlement of Texas. -
Period: to
Mexican Revolution
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Zimmerman Telegram
The U.S. intercepts a telegram between Mexico and Germany, during WWI -
U.S. Recognizes Mexico as a Country
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Period: to
Cristeros War
The govervment fights the church. -
PRN loses power
The PRI takes power in Mexico, and holds power until 2000 with the election of Vicente Fox. They cried for years after this happened. -
Cardenas Elected
He was elected, then he was president. -
Nationalization of PEMEX
The main petroleum company in Mexico is nationalized. Cardenas does this. -
Comacho Elected President
They don't call him CoMACHO for nothing. Punk. -
Alemán Elected President
Miguel Alemán elected first civilian President since Madero in 1911. -
Women Gain Sufferage
They didn't have the vote. Then they got it. Next they'll want to be able to drive! -
Mexico City Olympics
They came. They saw. They conquered. -
Echeverría Elected President
Not a big deal, contrary to popular belief. -
Period: to
Oil Boom Years
These years marked a high amount of oil exported from Mexico. Soon however, oil prices sank and there was a big ol' crisis. -
Salinas Elected
He was part of the PRI, but then again, who wasn't. People always said he had a nice smile, but really, he had a nicer heart. -
NAFTA
Mexico joined the U. S. and Canada in NAFTA, effective January 1, 1994. -
Leon Elected President
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon inaugurated President of Mexico. -
Mexican banking crisis.
Peso collapses. With U. S. aid the Mexican economy recovers. -
Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox is elected as president, representing PAN, making him the first non-PRI president in 70 years. -
THE END OF EL WORLD
This is when the world ends. Sorry, -
Period: to Dec 31, 1521
Postclassical Period
