LAS 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Antonio López De Santa Anna, Cinco De Mayo
25 Sep 2017
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Strong central government vs. leave substantial power in hands of local governments. What should be kept from the colonial period. Proper role of the catholic church in the societies. Who was to control the new national government. Large landowners, prosperous merchants, church officials, and mine owners. Regionalism: regions have their own identity and compete for control over the central power. States could not be created and become successful if there wasn"t an institutional structure to keep it in place. Latin american society was heavily militarized and relied heavily on it for safety and funding. External enemies in latin america: us threat of intervening(us taking over half of mexico) Antonio lopez de santa ana: loss of texas and the u. s. mexico war. Originally believed a weaker government would lead to better business because of less regulation; this regulation is key to free trade. Promoted the church for a source of social stability. Military members tended to be on this side.
