La Reforma (liberal reforms in Mexico)

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La Reforma was a series of mid-19th-century liberal reforms in Mexico that sought to curtail the power of the Catholic Church and the military, establish civil liberties, and modernize the Mexican state.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period in Mexico
series of liberal reforms
aimedAt establishment of civil liberties
limitation of Catholic Church power
limitation of military power
modernization of the Mexican state
appliesToJurisdiction United Mexican States
country Mexico
endTime 1863
followedBy French intervention in Mexico
Second Mexican Empire
hasEffect expansion of private property
long-term secularization of Mexican society
strengthening of federal government
weakening of corporate landholding
hasPart Constitution of 1857
Ley Iglesias
Ley Juárez
Ley Lerdo
Reform Laws
ideology liberalism
language Spanish
legalReform abolition of ecclesiastical fueros
abolition of military fueros
civil marriage
civil registration of births and deaths
confiscation of church property
equality before the law
freedom of association
freedom of religion
freedom of the press
secularization of education
separation of church and state
location Mexico City
states of Mexico
opposedBy Catholic Church in Mexico
Mexican conservatives
Mexican military elite
opposedIdeology conservatism
partOf liberal–conservative conflict in Mexico
precededBy Santa Anna dictatorship
significantPerson Benito Juárez
Ignacio Comonfort
José María Iglesias
Melchor Ocampo
Miguel Lerdo de Tejada
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
startTime 1855

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mexican secularization act of 1833 ("Mexican liberal reforms of the 1830s")
Reform War ("Liberal Reform in Mexico")
partOf
Benito Juárez ("Liberalism in Mexico")
movement
Paseo de la Reforma
namedAfter
Benito Juárez ("La Reforma (Mexican liberal reform)")
notableWork
Maximilian I of Mexico ("Mexican liberals")
opposedBy

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