MEXICO
A HISTORY OF ITS PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT IN ONE HUNDRED YEARS
MEXICO
A HISTORY OF ITS PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT IN ONE HUNDRED YEARS
BY
MARIE ROBINSON WRIGHT
MEMBER OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF BRAZIL, GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LA PAZ, GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF MEXICO, HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF SÃO PAULO
PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY
GEORGE BARRIE & SONS
LONDON: C. D. CAZENOVE & SON, 26 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W. C.
PARIS: 19 RUE SCRIBE
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY GEORGE BARRIE & SONS
TO HIS EXCELLENCY
General Porfirio Diaz
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO
A GREAT MAN AMONG THE EMINENT MEN OF THE WORLD, WHO ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY IS STILL ACTIVE IN BODY AND SOUL; A POWERFUL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL GOOD OF HIS COUNTRY
Is Dedicated
THIS STORY OF A HUNDRED YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
MARIE ROBINSON WRIGHT
CONTENTS
PAGE
DEDICATION 5
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 9
INTRODUCTION 13
CHAPTER I
THE CONQUEST 17
CHAPTER II
VICEROYALTY 49
CHAPTER III
THE BATTLE FOR INDEPENDENCE 65
CHAPTER IV
THE BIRTH OF THE REPUBLIC 83
CHAPTER V
HISTORICAL EVENTS 105
CHAPTER VI
GENERAL PORFIRIO DIAZ 127