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Olmecs Culture
At 1200 A.C, Olmec Civilozation, known as the forerunener of all Mesoamerican civilizations, was brned. They established at Veracruz and Tabasco, and they aported ball games, chocolate drinking and animal gods toother cultures -
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Maya Civilization
Created around 900 A,C, this civilization established around south Mexico and Central America. They were great mathematicians, astronomies and thinkers. -
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Aztec Civilization
Borned around th 1300 B . C, the aztecs colonized the ancient teotihuacan temples and city to form their empire. The were excellent warriors and practiced human sacrifice -
Oct 14, 1492
America's Discovery
Christopher Columbus discovers the new territories, after called as America -
Apr 15, 1508
Spain troops arrived to Mexican coasts
At 1508, the first adveturers reached mexican beaches and started exploring that new territory -
Period: Jan 15, 1521 to
Colonial Age
Spain installed their religion, culture and language. Society is divided into Peninsular Spanish, the most advantaged social group, and indigenous and half blood spanish, the disadvantage and mistreated people -
Jan 31, 1521
Mexico’s Conquest
Fall of Tenochtitlan, achieved by Hernan Cortés. Spanish troops defeated aztec warriors and started during 1522 Mexico´s religious an militar conquest. -
Jan 31, 1530
Introduced the first printing press
The first printing press in America was established in 1539 in the capital of New Spain, a few years after the conquest of Tenochtitlan -
Starts the Mexican Independence War
Mexican independence war started with the purpose of ending the Spanish domination in the territories of New Spain by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and The Conspirators -
Plan de Iguala’s Promulgation
Political statement proclaimed by Agustin de Iturbide and Vicente Guerrero in the city of Iguala, Guerrero; in which Mexico's Independence was declared. -
Cordoba’s Treaties
Document in which Mexico's independence is agreed, signed in the city of Cordoba, Veracruz by Agustin de Iturbide and Juan O'Donojú. -
First Mexican empire
Agustín de Iturbide, mexican hero and protagonist at the Independence War end, reclaimed the power and builts a very short empire -
Independent Mexico
New Constitution, New Federal Republic and Guadalupe Victoria is elected the first president. -
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Antonio Lopez Santa Anna
Antonio Lopez Santa Anna asumes the presidence for 11 times. -
Texas independence
Texas achieves it independence. -
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American-mexican war
War against USA that finishes with the Guadalupe Treaty that recognize the California's and Nuevo Mexico's independence. In 1847 american armies entered Chapultec Castle, but mexicnas defended it -
Plan of Ayutla
The Plan of Ayutla finishes the Santa Anna's goverment and organises Mexico like a Representative and Federal Republic. -
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Reform Laws
Ignacio Comomfort asusmes presidence. Benito Juárez established Juarez law, and Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada established Lerdo Law. The Constitution is reformed in 1857 -
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Reform War
Liberals and conservators fought in the called Reform War, in which Reform Laws tooked out advantages for clerics and the Spanish supporters. At 1859 Refor laws are proclaimed -
French Intervention
. Suspension of payments of external debt. War against France starts. The May 5th Mexico wons the battle in Puebla. -
Second Mexican Empire
. Maximiliano arrives to Mexico and begans the second Empire. At the same time, Benito Juarez was the elected president. -
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Porfiriato
General Porfirio Diaz asumes the presidence and is reelected until 1911. He made several modern changes to Mexico such as the construction of train ways, telegram lines, propeled european art, but social groups were clearly visible -
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Mexican Revolution
Francisco I. Madero created the antireelectionist politic group against Diaz, and started Mxican Revolution along with Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa, seeking for justice and law protection -
1917 Political Constitution
The current constitution of Mexico was approved by a constituent assembly in Querétaro. -
Tlatelolco¨s massacre
The government fired on a crowd of student protesters in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Mexico City, killing between thirty and three hundred. -
Mexico 85´ earthquake
An earthquake centered off the Pacific coast of Michoacán caused ten thousand deaths and between three and four billion US$ in damage in Mexico City. -
Electoral fraud
Carlos Salinas de Gortari of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was suspiciously elected president in a rigged election, with an official 51% of the vote. The PRI maintained its majority in the Chamber of Deputies. -
Political alternance
Political party PAN, wins presidential elections with candidate Vicnte Fox Quesada. It´s the first time PRI party didn´t win in 75 years
