Plan of Casa Mata
The Casa Mata plan provided for the transfer of political power to the Mexican provinces.
After Mexico gained independence, tensions arose between Emperor Agustín de Iturbide and MPs, culminating in arrests and finally, on October 31, 1822, in the dissolution of the Congress. Generals, who were supposed to suppress the resistance, spoke out against Iturbide and published the plan of Casa Mata on February 1, 1823. The signatories included Generals Antonio López de Santa Ana , Vicente Guerrero and Nicolás Bravo . The plan envisaged the election of a new constituent congress and the transfer of powers to the provinces. Although Iturbide's resignation was not requested in the plan, he resigned on March 19, 1824 to avoid civil war. The provinces insisted on the election of a new Congress. In 1824 Mexico became a federal republic under its first president, Guadalupe Victoria .
literature
- Timothy J. Henderson: A Glorious Defeat. Mexico and its War with the United States. Hill and Wang, New York NY 2007, ISBN 978-0-8090-6120-4 .
