1833 in Mexico - Mexican Presidential Candidates (1833), Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Valentin Gomez Farias, National Library of Mexico (Paperback)

Chapters: Mexican Presidential Candidates (1833), Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Valentin Gomez Farias, National Library of Mexico. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Antonio de Padua Maria Severino Lopez de Santa Anna y Perez de Lebron (21 February 1794 21 June 1876), often known as Santa Anna or Lopez de Santa Anna, was a Mexican political leader, general and President who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government. Santa Anna first fought against the independence from Spain, and then supported it. He was not the first caudillo (military leader) of Mexico, but he was among the most original. He rose to the ranks of general and president at various times over a turbulent 40-year career. He was President of Mexico on seven non-consecutive occasions over a period of 22 years. Santa Anna was born in Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Nueva Espana (New Spain) on February 21, 1794. He was the son of a respected Spanish colonial family, and he and his parents, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and Manuela Perez de Lebron, belonged to the criollo middle class. They were wealthy enough to send their son to school. His father served for a time as a sub-delegate for the Spanish province of Vera Cruz. In June 1810, Santa Anna at age 16 became a cadet and was sent to the Fijo de Vera Cruz infantry regiment under the command of Joaquin de Arredondo. In 1810, the same year that Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla started Mexicos first attempt to gain independence from Spain, Santa Anna joined the colonial Spanish Army under Joaquin de Arredondo, who taught him much about dealing with Mexican nationalist rebels. In 1811, Santa Anna was wounded in the left arm by a native Chichimec arrow. It was during the campaign under Colonel Joaquin Arredondo in the town of Amolad...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=24102615