ANT 322M Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Cinco De Mayo, Reform War, Pablo De La Guerra
3 Mar 2017
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U. s. civil war + the french invasion of mexico. Relations between mexico and us after war was very hostile. They experienced wars at the same time and they built relations / factions to work together: mexico was invaded by france in 1863. This invasion dated back a few years, related to the reform war in 1857. In mexico, the liberal party headed by president benito juarez (full- blooded native american race) wants to institute reforms against the oligarchy, who could buy their liberty from the courts when they got into trouble. He also wanted to punish people in the church the same way others were punished. He also took away land from control of the church because most priests were european and he wanted to institute that the church in mexico should be controlled by mexicans not the romans or the french. He also believed the church controlled the indian councils, so he dismantled those.
