Conservative Party (Mexico)
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The Conservative Party was one of two major factions in Mexican political thought that emerged in the years after independence, the other being the Liberals.
The Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
Mexican military banquet in 1844.
José María Gutiérrez de Estrada who in 1840 was forced to flee Mexico after provoking widespread outrage for advocating the establishment of a monarchy.
Napoleon III at whose instigation the Conservative Party finally gained widespread support for monarchism.
Liberal Party (Mexico)
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The Liberal Party was a political coalition that emerged in Mexico after independence. Strongly influenced by French Revolutionary thought, and the republican institutions of the United States, it championed the principles of 19th century liberalism, and promoted republicanism, federalism, and anti-clericalism. They were opposed by the Conservative Party.
Liberals posing with a copy of the Constitution of 1857.
Matias Romero
Valentín Gómez Farías
Benito Juárez