Emperor Agustín de Iturbide’s government

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Emperor Agustín de Iturbide’s government was the short-lived monarchical regime that led Mexico’s transition from Spanish colonial rule to an independent empire in the early 1820s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican Empire government
government
monarchical regime
capital Mexico City
constitutionalDocument Plan of Iguala
Reglamento Provisional Político del Imperio Mexicano
Treaties of Córdoba
constitutionalStatus provisional constitutional order
corePrinciple exclusive role of Roman Catholicism
independence from Spain
union of social groups (criollos, peninsulares, castas, indigenous)
countryGoverned First Mexican Empire
duration less than one year as effective imperial government
economicCondition postwar financial crisis
economicPolicy attempted to maintain colonial fiscal structures
endedByEvent Plan of Casa Mata
abdication of Agustín de Iturbide
endTime 1823-03-19
establishedAsResultOf Mexican War of Independence
Plan of Iguala (1821)
linked to: Plan of Iguala

Treaties of Córdoba (1821)
executiveBranch Emperor of Mexico
facedOppositionFrom Antonio López de Santa Anna
Guadalupe Victoria
Vicente Guerrero
republican federalists
followed Viceroyalty of New Spain
governmentForm constitutional monarchy
hereditary monarchy
headedBy Agustín de Iturbide
historicalPeriod early 1820s
historicalSignificance transition from Spanish colonial rule to independent Mexican state
judicialBranch colonial-era judicial institutions (largely retained)
legislativeBody Mexican Constituent Congress
Sovereign Mexican Constituent Congress
militaryBase Army of the Three Guarantees
officialLanguage Spanish
politicalIdeology Catholic traditionalism
conservative monarchism
precededByEvent consummation of Mexican independence (1821)
recognizedReligion Roman Catholicism
religiousPolicy Catholicism as sole permitted religion
replacedBy Provisional Government of Mexico (1823–1824)
Supreme Executive Power of the United Mexican States
startTime 1822-05-19
successionPlan hereditary monarchy with Iturbide dynasty
territoryIncludes Alta California
Central America (nominally, until 1823)
linked to: Central America

Mexico (central provinces)
New Mexico
Texas
Yucatán
linked to: Yucatán Peninsula

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Imperial Constituent Congress of the First Mexican Empire legislativeBodyFor Emperor Agustín de Iturbide’s government
Imperial Mexican Army government Imperial government of Agustín de Iturbide
linked to: Emperor Agustín de Iturbide’s government