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Mexico
History
• First people came thousands of years ago– 5,000 BC – cultivated maize• Added beans, squash, and chili peppers = population
growth (why?)
• Olmecs – 1,500 BC– Developed:• Poltical system• Religion• System of writing• calender
History
• Mayan Civilization• Pyramid shapedTemples• Recorded their History• Excelled at astronomy
– Mayan calendar» Used for farming and religious ceremonies
• Decline around 900AD
History
History
• Aztecs 1200 – 1521 AD– Settled the Valley of Mexico
Tenochtitlanand its chinampas
History
• Aztecs cont’d– Capital was largest city builtBy Native Americans– Skilled farmers– Excellent aquatic engineers– Strong army that conquered many people• Montezuma 1440-1468AD
– Built an aqueduct– expanded the empire and trade
History – Spanish Rule to Independence
• Hernan Cortes, 1519AD– Conquistadors and Cortes defeat Aztecs• Why?• Result?
• The Church arrives– Wanted to convert nativesto Roman Catholicism• Results?
History
• Spain’s Empire weakened– Make changes in Mexico to increase trade– Enlightenment sweeps across Europe changing
political scene there and in North America– Emperor Napoleon invaded Spain
• Mexican Revolution (1810-1821)
• Mexico struggled with new independence– Benito Juarez promised to break up large estates
• French overthrow him and set up Maximilian, only to be overthrown by Juarez
History• Porfirio Diaz (1870s-1911)– Tried to enact Juarez’s reforms– Invites foreign countries in for RRs etc.
• Failed attempts at reforms = poverty for Majority
– 1910, Mexican Revolution• After failed election and jailing of opponent (who won)
– 1917, Mexican Constitution• Declared giving land to poor farmers and more worker’s
right• Venustiano Carranza became prez and promised much but
did not deliver• Result??