The Republic of Yucatán separates for a…
1841 CE
During the Mexican War of Independence, the intelligentsia of Yucatán had watched the events to the north.
Following 1820 they organized their own resistance to Spain, forming the Patriotic Confederation, which declared independence from Spain in 1821.
The confederation subsequently joined the Mexican Empire that same year; in 1823 it became a part of the federal Mexican government as the Federated Republic of Yucatán.
The government of the republic, based in Mexico City, tended towards centralization, which the people in the frontier areas resented.
Near the end of the next decade, several provinces revolted against it, including Guatemala in the south and Texas in the north.
To bear the costs of the war against Texas, the national government had imposed a variety of taxes, including raising importation duties on many items.
It even taxed the movement of local goods.
In response to this, on May 2, 1839, a federalist movement led by Santiago Imán had created a rival government in Tizimín, which soon took over Valladolid, Espita, Izamal and, finally Mérida on the Yucatán peninsula.
To increase his strength, Imán had appealeds to the Maya population, providing them with arms for the first time since the Conquest.
He had promised that he will give them land free of tribute and exploitation.
With their support, he had prevailed in battle.
In February 1840, he had proclaimed Yucatan's return to a federal regime, then in 1841, declares it to be an independent republic.
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