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The Centralist Republic of Mexico (Spanish: República Centralista de México), or in the anglophone scholarship, the Central Republic, [2] officially the Mexican Republic (Spanish: República Mexicana), was a unitary political regime established in Mexico on 23 October 1835, under a new constitution known as the Siete Leyes (lit.
On 1 August 1837 in Santa Cruz, New Mexico, a popular revolution against the Mexican Centralist Republic Governor Albino Pérez took place due in large part to widespread opposition to the governor's ineffective policies towards custom officials, who according to the revolutionaries were using corrupt taxation practices to take advantage of the ...
The first constitution of independent Mexico promulgated in 1824 was federalist. Subsequent political instability led to a new constitution in 1834, the Siete Leyes ("Seven Laws"), which marked the end of the First Mexican Republic and the beginning of the Centralist Republic of Mexico.
During the Centralist Republic of Mexico he led three successful coups against the Mexican government. In 1842, he led a movement to overthrow the presidency of Anastasio Bustamante over a financial crisis, which led to the drafting of a new constitution known as the Bases Orgánicas , promulgated on 14 June 1843.
During the constitutional convention that oversaw the transition of the nation to the Centralist Republic of Mexico he advocated the establishment of a fourth branch of government, the Supreme Moderating Power, an idea which eventually would be integrated into the Siete Leyes. He contributed to Lucas Alamán's first monarchist newspaper, El Tiempo.
Following the failure of the federal system, centralism gained ground and Congress amended the Constitution of 1824 to create a centralist republic, limiting the power of states and reducing the military. These events led to a rebellion in Zacatecas.
The Second Federal Republic of Mexico (Spanish: Segunda República Federal de México) refers to the period of Mexican history involving a second attempt to establish a federal government in Mexico after the fall of the unitary Centralist Republic of Mexico in 1846 at the start of the Mexican-American War.
The Head of State of Mexico is the person who controls the executive power in the country. Under the current constitution, this responsibility lies with the President of the United Mexican States, who is head of the supreme executive power of the Mexican Union. [1] Throughout its history, Mexico has had several forms of government.