Identifier: grandestcenturyi00nort (find matches)
Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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, and calling upon theMexicans to sustain him. The revoltwas successful. The whole country ac-knowledged his authority, the royalgovernment was overthrown, and onthe 27th of September the city of Mexicowas surrendered to him by the viceroy A A New Emperor,regency was established, and oti 19th of May, 1822, Iturbide was proclaimed Kmperor of Mexico by thearmy. This act gave great offence tothe other patriot leaders, and on the 2dof December, Santa Anna, with the sup-port of Bravo, Guerrero, and others, pro-claimed the republic at Vera Cruz. Acivil war was averted by the abdicationof Iturbide on the 19th of March, 1823.A national congress was at once con-vened. Iturbide was condemned toexile, and sailed for England in May, 1823. A provisional government was set up,and on the 4th of October, 1824, theCongress adopted a constitution mod-eled upon that of the United States. Byvirtue of this instrument Mexico be-came a republic consisting of nineteenStates and five territories. General Vic-
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SLAUGHTER OF THE MEXICANS BY THE SPANIARDS. 219 220 CANADA, MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA. toria, one of the popular leaders, waschosen president. Iturbide now re-turned to attempt the recovery of histhrone, but was made prisoner, and wasshot on the 19th of July, 1824. President Overthrown. In 1828 the election of General Pe-draza to the presidency over GeneralGuerrero led to a revolt on the part ofthe followers of the latter. The out-break was successful. Pedraza wasoverthrown and driven from the coun-try, and Guerrero assumed the presi-dency on the ist of April, 1829. In thesame year the United States recognizedMexico as an independent republic. InJuly, 1829, a Spanish force landed nearTampico to attempt the restoration ofthe rule of Spain. It was compelled tosurrender on the nth of September.The troops were disarmed and sent toHavana. Mexico, though independent, was notdestined to enjoy the blessing of a stablegovernment. Soon after the surrenderof the Spaniards, the vice-president.Gene

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