Spanish IV- Maximiliano y Carlota

05/05/25

What were the 2 parties en Mexico?

el Partido Liberal and el Partido Conservador

What 2 things were important to el Partido Liberal?

la Tierra y la Libertad

What 2 things were important to el Partido Conservador?

la Iglesia y el Ejército

What type of government did el Partido Liberal want to embrace?

a Constitutional system as in los EE.UU.

What type of government did el Partido Conservador want to embrace?

a Dictatorship as in Europa

Who was finally removed from power after multiple times serving as el presidente de Méjico?

Santa Anna

Benito Juárez was born to Indian parents. He was raised in poverty. What happened to him at age three?

he was orphaned (his parents both died)

Who took care of Benito after his parents died?

Su tío

At the age of 12 Benito would move to Oaxaca. With which family member would he live?

Su hermana

What would Benito Juárez first study?

He first studied to be a priest (un sacerdote)

What would Juárez later study AND what did he ultimately become?

He would get his law degree and become a lawyer (un abogado)

To which presidente estadounidense is Benito Juárez compared? Why?

Abraham Lincoln, they were both very honest men (“the Abe LIncoln of Mexico”)

Benito Juárez first became el presidente de México when the president before him resigned. Which president resigned?

Ignacio Comonfort

Juárez would enact the Reform Laws. What were 3 things the Reform Laws addressed?

They separated church and state. They sold off land the church owned. They made all citizens equal.

En la Ciudad de México what is named after the Reform Laws?

la Avenida Reforma (el Paseo de la Reforma)

Mexico was in great debt. Which THREE countries made a decision to go to Mexico to collect the money they were owed?

España, Francia, and Inglaterra (Spain, France, and England)

Which TWO countries decided to return home instead of collect their money?

España and Inglaterra (Spain and England)

Which TWO countries fought in la Batalla de Puebla?

Francia and México

Why is la Batalla de Puebla so important to the people of Mexico?

It is when a rag- tag Mexican army successfully defeated a much stronger French army

What was the date of la Batalla de Puebla?

el Cinco de mayo de 1862

In the end who won the war?

Francia

What happened in Mexico because of their losing the war?

The French occupied Mexico

Who preferred to live in el Castillo de Chapultepec rather than el Palacio Nacional?

Maximiliano y Carlota

Maximiliano and Carlota tried very hard to fit in with the people of Mexico. What FOUR things did they attempt to do to fit in?

Learn Spanish, learn about Mexican art, learn about Mexican history, adopt two grandsons of the Iturbide family

Maximiliano and Carlota were not accepted. A Civil War broke out. They even lost support of France, their homeland. Why?

France was at war back home

What did Carlota do to try to help her husband?

She returned to Europe to try to get support for her husband. She failed.

When Carlota failed to get support for her husband, what happened to her?

She began to lose her mind. (She never saw her husband again. She spent over 50 years in the Castle of Belgium… having great moments of silence. She would live until the age of 86.)

Maximiliano stayed in Mexico. What happened to him?

He was captured and killed by a firing squad

Who was killed alongside Maximiliano?

Two of his generals- Miguel Miramón and Tomás Mejía

Who ordered the execution of Maximiliano?

Benito Juárez (He did NOT want Mexico to be occupied by another foreign country.)

After the last monarchy fell, who was restored to the presidency and would remain there until his own death?

Benito Juárez