HIST 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Fuero, Sebastián Lerdo De Tejada, Miguel Lerdo De Tejada
27 Oct 2017
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Oct 25 - french intervention: chronic instability, 56 presidencies in the period. Constitutional changes: lots of loans at independence > pressure to repay, half territory lost, pressure on institutions to provide for population that had doubled, liberalism-positivism. More interested in having a strong state. Science directing government policy: racism, darwinism [origin of species 1830s] > popularized by the 50s/60s. Indigenous peoples as the weaker population [blamed a lot]; state gets more aggressive. Modernization: 1855 la reforma revolution of ayutla, modernization. Set limits on the fees churches could charge for ceremonies: constitution of 1857 - liberal. Equality under law; bill of rights [evidence for arrests, bail] No titles of nobility: church: anyone who swore allegiance to that system = excommunicated. State: if you dont swear loyalty = no jobs: 1857-1860 war of the reform, small civiil war between church and state, no agreement on institutions, juarez wins in 1861, becomes president.
