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The First Mexican Empire was declared & Agustín de Iturbide became the emperor of Mexico.

Ideology: During this time, the division between conservatives and liberals was clear and obvious. Agustín de Iturbide was conservative, and he satisfied the needs of all conservative people. However, many liberals wanted a democratic republic.

Type of government: Empire

Contribution to democracy and/or human rights: When Agustín de Iturbide was proclaimed as an emperor,  people wanted a democracy. But the congress recommended it to be a hereditary monarchy and not elective. So there was NO democracy.

APA SOURCES:
Mexican History. (n.d.). Retrieved September 28, 2020, from http://mexicanhistory.org/firstempire.htm

Castillo, R. (2020, August 20). Mexico's Liberal-Conservative Divide. Retrieved September 30, 2020, from https://pulsenewsmexico.com/2020/07/30/mexicos-liberal-conservative-divide/

Bernstein, M., & Parkes, H. (2020, September 25). Independence. Retrieved September 30, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/place/Mexico/Independence

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The First Federal Republic was proclaimed after the downfall of Agustín de Iturbide, the Mexican people established a republic.
Guadalupe Victoria was declared the first president of Mexico as a republic.

Ideology: The President Guadalupe Victoria was a liberal federalist, but his vice president, Nicolás Bravo, was a conservative centralist.

Type of government: Federal Republic

Contribution to democracy and/or human rights: During this time, a republic benefited both democracy and human rights of society and gave them a right to vote for their president.

APA SOURCES:
Primera República Federal de México (1823-1835). (n.d.). Retrieved September 30, 2020, from https://himundial.blogspot.com/2013/03/primera-republica-federal-de-mexico.html

September 25). Independence. Retrieved September 30, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/place/Mexico/Independence

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The new U.S. president, James K. Polk, wanted Texas as part of the United States. But Mexico considered the annexation of Texas as an act of war. So on May 13, 1846, the USA Congress declared war on Mexico after the request from President James K. Polk. The war ended on May 26, 1848, when both countries ratified a peace treaty that ended the conflict.

Ideology: During this time the ideology was liberalism because Texas wanted to have individual freedom or a division of power  from Mexico.

Type of government: Mexico was a dictatorship because of Santa Anna's presidency.

Contribution to democracy and/or human rights: The Mexican-American War gave Texas an opportunity to have freedom of assembly (human rights). In other words, it gave Texans the ability to protest their desire to become part of the USA.

APA SOURCES:
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2019, December 06). Mexican-American War. Retrieved October 01, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-American-War

The Mexican-American war in a nutshell. (n.d.). Retrieved October 01, 2020, from https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-mexican-american-war-in-a-nutshell

Texas declares independence. (2010, July 21). Retrieved October 01, 2020, from https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/texas-declares-independence

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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was a Mexican politician and general. Santa Anna ruled in a dictatorial way from 1853-1856. He was involved in Mexico's politics during such events as the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American War.

Ideology: Although he initially supported liberals and federalists, Santa Anna is usually described as conservative.

Type of government: Dictatorship

Contribution to democracy and/or human rights: During Santa Anna's dictatorship, there was no contribution to democracy due to the fact that a dictatorship is absolute and people can't participate in decision-making.

APA SOURCES:
Antonio López de Santa Anna. (n.d.). Retrieved October 01, 2020, from https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/s/santa_anna.htm

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2020, June 17). Antonio López de Santa Anna. Retrieved October 01, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antonio-Lopez-de-Santa-Anna

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This revolution had a plan called Ayutla's plan created by Ignacio Comonfort and Florencio Villarreal which was created to remove Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna from presidency and to remove centralism.

Ideology: During this period, the ideology was liberalist because people from this movement where fighting and protesting for this ideology.

Type of government: Dictatorship

Contribution to democracy and/or human rights: This revolution wanted an improvement to their government, having a better life for every citizen and searching for a true democracy.

APA SOURCES:
Ayutla Revolution: Causes, Consequences and Characters. (n.d.). Retrieved October 01, 2020, from https://www.lifepersona.com/ayutla-revolution-causes-consequences-and-characters

México, T. (2016, June 28). Revolución de Ayutla. Retrieved October 01, 2020, from https://mr.travelbymexico.com/209-revolucion-de-ayutla/

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The Constitution of 1857 was made during the presidency of Ignacio Comonfort. It prohibited slavery as well as the restriction against the freedom of speech. The Constitution of 1857 stated that Mexico should be a representative and democratic country.

Ideology: The ideology during the Constitution of 1857 was liberal. It gave the people freedom and growth.

Type of government: Constitutional presidential republic

Contribution to democracy and/or human rights: The constitution of 1857 prescribed that Mexico was to be a representative, democratic, republican country and it defined the states and their responsibilities.

APA SOURCES:
Bernstein, M., & Cline, H. (2020, September 25). La Reforma. Retrieved October 01, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/place/Mexico/La-Reforma

Constitution of 1857. (n.d.). Retrieved October 01, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Constitution-of-1857

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The Reform War which is also known as the three year war,  consisted on a conflict between the liberals and conservatives. This war also brought the abolition of respect directed to the constitutional articles.

Ideology: During this reform, the ideology was liberalism because it was a very significant war between the liberals and conservatives and since the liberals won, they got to be liberals.

Type of government: Dictatorship

Contribution to democracy and/or human rights: The contribution was to democracy since the liberals won and what they wanted was that every people had the same amount of power and stabilize the political economic and cultural power of the military and the church.

APA SOURCES:
E. (n.d.). Explorando México - La Guerra de Reforma, Historia de México. Retrieved October 01, 2020, from http://www.explorandomexico.com/about-mexico/4/175/

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This intervention was between Mexico and the second French empire. France got help from Spain and Great Britain since Benito Juárez, the president of Mexico back then, refused to cancel a debt with France. Therefore, France, Spain and Great Britain got together to send troops to pressure Mexico.

Ideology: The ideology during the French intervention was conservative, and General Juan Almonte was the president.

Type of government: Republic

Contribution to democracy and/or human rights: The intervention didn't benefit the citizens so there was no contribution to democracy or human rights.

APA SOURCES:
French Intervention in Mexico, 1862-1867 genealogy project. (n.d.). Retrieved October 01, 2020, from https://www.geni.com/projects/French-Intervention-in-Mexico-1862-1867/13007

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This was Mexico's second empire by Maximiliano due to a constitutional monarchy. This was declared during an assembly during the second french intervention.

Ideology: During the second empire, the ideology was liberal even though conservatives took an important role, but the liberals where the group of people that were victors.

Type of government: Empire

Contribution to democracy and/or human rights: The contribution was
for both, democracy and human rights because ever since the government was ruled under the constitution of 1857, a lot of human rights where granted to the people.

APA SOURCES:
F. (n.d.). Second Mexican Empire. Retrieved October 01, 2020, from https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/Second_Mexican_Empire

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Due to the invasion of France and Mexico, there where a lot of instability in the country. When Benito Juarez was elected, he restored the republic because of his progress of making Mexico move and progress. He then got re-elected in 1871 but died the next year.

Ideology: This event was liberal because in that period, the government that was established was a democratic republic.

Type of government: Democratic republic

Contribution to democracy and/or human rights: The contribution was to the democracy because everyone had the same equal rights and because of the type of government.

APA SOURCES:
Hamnett, B. (1996, November 01). Liberalism Divided: Regional Polities and the National Project During the Mexican Restored Republic, 1867–1876. Retrieved October 01, 2020, from https://read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article/76/4/659/145549/Liberalism-Divided-Regional-Polities-and-the

Republican Restoration in Mexico: Outstanding Features. (n.d.). Retrieved October 01, 2020, from https://www.lifepersona.com/republican-restoration-in-mexico-outstanding-features