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Mexico

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 shaped

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Mexico

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  1. Mexico

  2. 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

  3. History • Mayan Civilization • Pyramid shaped Temples • Recorded their History • Excelled at astronomy • Mayan calendar • Used for farming and religious ceremonies • Decline around 900AD

  4. History

  5. History • Aztecs 1200 – 1521 AD • Settled the Valley of Mexico Tenochtitlan and its chinampas

  6. History • Aztecs cont’d • Capital was largest city built By Native Americans • Skilled farmers • Excellent aquatic engineers • Strong army that conquered many people • Montezuma 1440-1468AD • Built an aqueduct • expanded the empire and trade

  7. History – Spanish Rule to Independence • Hernan Cortes, 1519AD • Conquistadors and Cortes defeat Aztecs • Why? • Result? • The Church arrives • Wanted to convert natives to Roman Catholicism • Results?

  8. 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

  9. 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??

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