3.
Indian
Pueblos
1800-‐1850
• Indian
Pueblos
1/3
of
the
popula/on
in
Mexico
live
in
the
most
part
in
/ny
villages,
socially
and
economically
isolated
from
the
remainder
of
the
country.
• No
Schools
• No
churches
(only
big
ones)
• Subsistence
farming
• Curandero
4.
5. Rural
Towns
1800-‐1850
• 1000-‐3500
houses
of
primarily
Mes/zos
and
Indians
who
had
accommodated
to
the
Hispanic
way
of
life.
• Spanish
main
language.
• Some/mes
private
schools.
• Churches
• “Leva”
system
was
implemented
• System
of
forced
conscrip/on
directed
to
the
uneducated
masses
(Indians
exempt
given
they
did
not
speak
Spanish)
used
by
local
commanders
to
fill
their
military
quotas.
Troublemakers,
vagabonds,
and
prisoners
were
taken.
6. Provincial
Ci/es
1800-‐1850
• Was
were
we
can
find
signs
of
wealth
in
Mexico.
• Imported
carriages
were
a
sign
of
status.
• Cathedrals.
• Secondary
Schools.
• Aristocracy
dressed
with
the
latest
European
fashion.
• Most
visible
employment
was
the
“tameme”
7.
8. Modernizing Mexico 1850-1900
• During the second half of the 19th century Mexico would go a
profound industrial transformation.
9. Modernizing Mexico 1850-1900
During the second half of the 19th century Mexico would
go a profound industrial transformation.
• Benito Juarez President
(1858-1872)
• Liberal leader
• 1859 Leyes de Reforma
• Nationalized church property
• Separation of Church and State,
Ex. Schools, Convents.
10.
11. Porfirio Diaz (1876-1910)
• Porfirio Diaz believed that potential investors had to be convinced
that stability was supplementing turbulence.
12.
13.
14.
15. Technological Innovations and Mexico’s Industrial Growth
• 1876-1910 Steam, water, electric power began to replace animal
and human muscle.
• 1880 telephone arrived.
• 1901 oil production began and nine years later 13 million barrels
were produced, mostly for export.
• Mining industry was revived, with copper now rivaling silver as the
most valuable ore.
• What was the biggest industrial innovation of its time?
16.
17. Mexico’s Railroad Expansion.
Year
Miles
of
Railway
1860
150
1876
400
1892
6,876
1910
12,000
1911
15,000
Approx. 80 % of the capital outlay came from the United States.
18. U.S. Railroad Tracks 1860
In 1860 when the U.S. had over 30,000 miles of track in operation, Mexico
had only 150 miles
21. The Impacts of the Railroad
• As a result of the arrival of the railroad new agricultural land
specialized in commercial agriculture, and land value would
increase.
• Machinery was also able to be imported aiding to the
expansion in production.
• Mexico s foreign trade (exports and imports) increased from
50 million pesos in 1876 to about 488 million pesos in 1910.
