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Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón, usually known as Antonio López de Santa Anna (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtonjo ˈlopes ðe sanˈtana]; 21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876), [1] or just Santa Anna, [2] was a Mexican soldier, politician, and caudillo [3] who served as the 8th president of Mexico on multiple occasions between 1833 and 1855.
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution.Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States).
General Antonio López de Santa Anna was a proponent of governmental federalism when he helped oust Mexican President Anastasio Bustamante in December 1832. Upon his election as president in April 1833, [4] Santa Anna switched his political ideology and began implementing centralist policies that increased the authoritarian powers of his office. [5]
Liberal Valentín Gómez Farías, who served as Santa Anna's vice president and implemented a liberal reform in 1833, was an important political player in the era of the Mexican–American War. There were significant political divisions in Mexico which seriously impeded the war effort. [ 59 ]
Santa Anna, Antonio López de, Apelcación al Buen Criterio de los Nacionales y Estrangeros. Mexico (1849) Sandweiss, Martha A.; Stewart, Rick; Huseman, Ben W. (1989), Eyewitness to War: Prints and Daguerreotypes of the Mexican-American War, 1846-1848, Fort Worth TX: Amon Carter Museum, pp. 28– 29, ISBN 978-0874748628
The country experienced profound political polarization between liberal and conservative factions, alongside economic and military instability as a result of the Mexican-American War. [1] [2] The Plan of Hospicio issued by conservative factions, called for the return of Antonio López de Santa Anna, leading to his presidency in April 1853. This ...
Mexico's position was that Santa Anna had no legal standing with the Mexican government to agree to those terms or negotiate a treaty. Santa Anna's position was that he had signed the documents under coercion as a prisoner, not as a surrendering general in accordance with the laws of war. In fact, he had no authority under the Mexican ...
The public outrage against Santa Anna resulted in his leaving the presidency on September 26, 1847, and a provisional government was established. The Mexican–American War finally concluded on February 2, 1848, with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.