Pastry War - Background

Background

History of Mexico

Pre-contact Mexico
  • Pre-Columbian Mexico
Spanish rule
  • Spanish conquest
  • Colonial period
  • War of Independence
  • First Empire
First Mexican Republic
  • First Republic
  • Centralist Republic of Mexico
  • War with Texas
  • Pastry War
  • Mexican–American War
Second Federal Republic
  • Second Federal Republic
  • The Reform
  • Reform War
  • French intervention
1864-1928
  • Second Empire
  • Restored Republic
  • The Porfiriato
  • Revolution
  • La decena trágica
  • Plan of Guadalupe
  • Tampico Affair
  • Occupation of Veracruz
  • Cristero War
Modern Mexico
  • The Maximato
  • Petroleum nationalization
  • Mexican miracle
  • Students of 1968
  • La Década Perdida
  • 1982 economic crisis
  • Zapatista Insurgency
  • 1994 economic crisis
  • Downfall of the PRI
  • Mexican Drug War
Timeline

The war arose from the widespread civil disorder that plagued the early years of the Mexican republic. In 1828, President Manuel Gómez Pedraza ejected Lorenzo de Zavala from the office of governor of the state of México. Zavala, supported by Antonio López de Santa Anna, was able to rally most of the garrison in Mexico City (then a part of México state) to his aid. Four days of fighting in Mexico City resulted in Zavala winning and installing a new president, Vicente Guerrero.

The fighting in the streets destroyed a great deal of personal property. The average citizen had little recourse for damages suffered. They had no consuls, or representatives to speak on their behalf. Foreigners whose property was damaged or destroyed by rioters or bandits were usually unable to obtain compensation from the government, and began to appeal to their own governments for help. Despite the repeated French claims, the French government let the matter subside.

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