Mexico's conservatives, who are better armed and…

Mexico's conservatives, who are better armed and have plentiful supplies, had held the initial military advantage in the War of the Reform, but the situation is reversed by 1860.

Juárez, already convinced that the constitutional forces would prevail over the reactionaries, issues on November 6, 1860 a call for elections for deputies to the Congress of the Union and the constitutional President of the Republic for two months time.

The president had been governing with extraordinary powers, and so had a pressing need to reestablish the legality of the government by means of the Congress.

At this time, the legislature has been shifting the balance of power in its favor, and becoming without a doubt the most important political power of the period, more so even than the Executive.

The Executive, on the other hand, needs to succeed in the elections in order to be able to govern within the constitutional order.

On December 4, 1860, the Liberal government issues the Law on freedom of religion, beginning a new era in Mexican politics, economics, and culture.

The country's inhabitants, exhausted by the civil war and the constant confrontations, tire of this fratricidal war that the Liberals are now winning.

After three years of civil war, the Liberal forces headed by Jesús González Ortega confront the Conservative forces headed by Miramón in what is to be the last battle against it.

Just before Christmas 1860, the Liberals win the battle of Calpulalpan in the valley of Mexico.