War Of Reform In Mexico Essay

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The war of reform in Mexico was a a civil war between the liberals and the Conservatives on what type of nation Mexico should be. This was was after the Mexican Vs American war where Mexico had lost a large amount of their territory. The liberals were a group that wanted to lead Mexico down a path similar to the west more specifically the Europeans. The liberals wanted to protect human rights, protect private property, equality under the laws, and a democratic government. While the conservatives shared similar beliefs but wanted to reach their goals at a much slower pace and they also believed that the liberals would actually cause chaos and even start revolts from the indian campesinos. The main issue that many people had with the conservatives …show more content…

He actually wanted people to call him “His Most Serene Highness” and he demanded higher taxes, more military personnel, and wanted to get rid of local elections and popular choice. One of the people who rose against Santa Anna was Juan Alvarez a regional strong man who fought for peoples rights and that they should have a say in how the government is run. After nine months of fighting Santa Anna was exiled in 1855 and Alvarez took power. Soon after his cabinet had disputes because could not figure out how to agree on what to do, so Alvarez gave up his presidency to Ignacio Comonfort. During his presidency many laws were passed and one was by Benito Juarez taking away all the special privileges of the church and army. Also the church was no longer allowed to own any land. In 1857 Comonfort allied himself with General Felix Maria Zuloaga for a military coupe which ended with Comonfort arresting his cabinet members, dismissed congress, and ruled by executive decree but soon after he had a change of heart and was exiled by Zuloaga who took the presidency for himself. The person to take office after …show more content…

Also roads were improved, telegraph lines were set up, and railroad building actually made it passed the drawing board and onto actually getting built. Another thing was that the cultural side was also improved they set up secular primary schools and developed a curriculum. They also went on to say show Mexicans should be “Mexicans must learn to discipline themselves, work hard, be responsible, control bad habits such as drunkenness, and even save for a rainy day”(The oxford History of Mexico Pg 370). Benito Juarez even came to a compromise with the catholic church and stopped enforcing the reform laws and the church stopped speaking bad about the government. What the reform also did was endorse equality under the law, and a country where citizens make their own decisions on how to live. It also questioned the place of the church in Mexican society, also expanded the outlook and ambitions of many Mexicans and also gave rise to

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