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| La Venta (Olmec) c. 1000-600 BC |
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| Izapa 300 BC-100 AD |
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| The Encounter: Arrival of Cortés |
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| First three Franciscan friars come to New Spain |
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| Twelve Franciscan missionaries join them |
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| Founding of jesuit Order by St. Ignatius Loyola |
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| Manila - Acapulco trade route established |
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| Jesuits arrive in Mexico |
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| Jesuits expelled from Spain and New Spain |
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| Founding of Academy of San Carlos |
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| Struggle for independence begins | 1810 |  |
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| Liberal government under Juarez begins reform period |
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| French occupy Mexico City | 1863 | |||||||||||
| Maximilian of Austria Emperor of Mexico |
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| Maximilian is executed and Jurez regains power |
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| Porfirio Diaz rules as dictator |
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| Mexican Revolution overthrows Diaz |
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| Revolutionary Constitution adopted | 1917 | ||||||||||
| Revolutionary social and economic reforms, including land distribution |
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| Orozoco comes to US to exhibit work and paint murals |
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| Siqueriros opens experimental workshop in New York, visited by Jackson Pollock |
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| WPA mural project begun by Roosevelt, inspired by Mexican muralist movement |
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| "Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art" exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, New York City |
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| "Mexico: Splendors of 30 Centuries" exhibited in NYC, San Antonio, L.A. |
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