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The naval power of Spain began declining
By 1620 the naval power of Spain on route Sevilla-Veracruz began declining due to constant pirate attacks -
Trade with Peru was forbidden
Trade with Peru was forbidden due to smuggling caused by high taxes. -
Death of Charles II
Spain faced a serious problem with the death of Charles II because he didn`t leave anybody his throne -
Begin the War of the Spanish Succession
This war began because Austria joined with other countries to make the Grand Alliance because it was not convenient for them that France and Spain were allies. -
End the War of the Spanish Succession
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A million and a half of natives in New Spain
During the beginning of the colony, the native population decreased due wars and epidemics, but in the eighteenth century were around a million and a half of natives in New Spain. -
Bourbon Reforms in Spain
Carlos III began to rule the Bourbon Reforms in the Spanish colonies -
Bourbon Reforms in New Spain
Jose de Galvez put the Bourbon Reforms in practice on New Spain -
Jesuits on Spain
The expulsion of Jesuits from Spanish territories -
James Watt invents the steam engine
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Mexican liberty wrote
The first wrote the Mexican liberty of Francisco Javier Clavijero -
Independence of the United States of America
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Begin the period of hunger
Begin the period of hunger because around 300 000 people died due food shortages and epidemics -
Foundation of the Royal Academy of San Carlos
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The period of hunger ends
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New Spain divided into municipalities
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Constitution of 1787
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The French Revolution begins
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The first population census in New Spain
In 1790, the viceroy Revillagigedo order the first population census in New Spain, which allowed having more reliable data. -
Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed himself emperor of French
After the French Revolution was consummated, Napoleon seized power and he proclaimed himself emperor of French. -
Benito Juarez is born
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Napoleons army installed in Spain
Napoleon took the opportunity to stay in Spain and the French army installed there -
Joseph Bonaparte king of Spain
Joseph Bonaparte began to be king of Spain, because his brother Napoleon imposed it -
New Spain have a population of about six million people
By 1810 New Spain have a population of about six million people almost the double that it had in 1793 -
Insurreccion
Insurrection was planned to December, but their plans were discovered and had to anticipate the uprising -
Insurreccion
The insurrection started on 15 of September in the town of Dolores Guanajuato, where he was a parish priest -
The General of the Southern Armies
Hidalgo was named the General of the Southern Armies -
Leaders were taken prisoners
Hidalgo, Allende, Alldama, Abasolo and other leaders were taken prisoners in Chihuahua to be executed -
Constitution of Cadiz
Spanish people gathered at Cadiz to write and enact a Constitution that established a constitutional monarchy as a form of Government -
Joseph Bonaparte period ends
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Feelings of the nation
Morelos wrote Feelings of the nation -
Ferdinand VII returned to Spain
Ferdinand VII returned to Spain to occupied the throne and abolished the Constitution of Cadiz -
Promulgation of the Constitution of Apatzingan
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Morelos was captured an sentenced to death
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Insurgent movement
The insurgent movement in New Spain was virtually dissolved -
Constitutional Monarchy in Spain
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Groups led by Victoria and Guerrero
They were still some groups led by Victoria in Veracruz and Guerrero in the Sourthern mountains -
New Spain royalists
A group of New Spain royalists conspired at La Profesa -
Consummation of Independence
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Iturbirde and Guerrero
Itubirde negotiate with Guerrero instead of fighting him, so they sealed the Pact with a hug and agreed to end the war and to form the Trigarante Army
