HIST174 – History of Mexico
The Yanqui Invasion
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I. The Mexican Republic , 1824-44

A. Constitution of 1824, Estados Unidos Mexicanos

centralists vs. federalists
conservatives vs. liberals
escoseses vs. yorquinos

B. Antonio López de Santa Anna Pérez de Lebrón

- 1833, elected president
- 1836, new Constitution (Los Siete Leyes)
- 1835-36, Texas War of Independence

Stephen F. Austin
Battle of the Alamo (March 6, 1836)
Battle of Goliad (March 24-27, 1836)
Battle of San Jacinto (April 21, 1836)

II. Lead-up to Invasion

- slavery question
- annexation under Pres. John Tyler, 1845
- Pres. James K. Polk
- Manifest Destiny

III. The War

- Gen. Zachary Taylor
- first hostilities near Corpus Christi, May 1846
- Army of the West

New Mexico (Aug. '46)
California (Aug. '46, Jan. '47) Chihuahua (Feb '47)

- Army of the Center : Northern Mexico

Battle of Buena Vista (Feb. '47)

- Army of Occupation : Mexico City

Veracruz, March '47
Battle of Cerro Gordo
to Puebla
to Mexico City
Battle of Churubusco
Chapultepec Castle (Sept. 7, 1847)
Los Niños Héroes

IV. The Aftermath

- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Feb. 1848)
- Gold at Sutter's Mill (Jan. 1848)
- Gadsden Purchase (1853)