The Mexico Department (Spanish: Departamento de México) was a department during both periods of the Centralist Regime of Mexico in the 19th century, first existing between 1835 and 1846,[1] and again between 1853 and 1856.[2]
History
editThe Mexico Department was created on 23 October 1835 as a move prior to the replacement of the federal system in place since 1824 for the centralist system,[1] which was formally implemented through the Seven Laws promulgated on 30 December 1836.[3] The department consisted of what was the State of Mexico, the federal district and the Tlaxcala Territory; its capital was Mexico City.[1][4] It dissolved on 22 August 1846, when it returned to the federal system and the departments became states again.[2]
With the ascension of Antonio López de Santa Anna to power, the federal states lost their autonomy and became departments again, confirmed with the decree of 22 April 1853; the established organization was short lived, since on 1 March 1854 the Plan of Ayulta dictated a repeal of centralism, though the Centralist Regime lasted until 15 May 1856,[2] when the departments were supplanted by the previous states.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c María Teresa Jarquín y Carlos Herrejón Peredo. "El Departamento de México". Biblioteca Digital. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ a b c Reina Aomaya Leticia. "Cambios en la división territorial mexicana en la primera mitad del siglo XIX". difuhist1admorave. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ Salinas Sandoval María del Carmen. "Las autoridades de los poderes centralistas y del Departamento de México (1836-1846)". Colegio Mexiquense. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "Memoria Política de México". www.memoriapoliticademexico.org. Retrieved 28 June 2022.