North Shore Travel Presents: Mexican History

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North Shore Travel PresentsMexican History

• Pre-Hispanic to Today

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Pre-Hispanic

• Olmecs
• Mayas
• Aztecs

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Spanish Conquest

• Initial contact between Cortez and Aztecs
• Death of Montezuma
• Noche Triste
• Return of Spaniards

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Colonial Epic

• Rule of Catholic Church
• Caste System
• Spaniards
• Criollos
• Mestizos
• Indians

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Mexican War of Independence

• Father Hidalgo
• Father Morelos
• Constitution

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Fight for Rights and Freedom

• Benito Juarez
• French control with Maximilian and Carlota
• New Constitution

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Mexican Revolution

• Emilian
• Pancho Villa
• Other Revolutionary Leaders