The Independent Republic of Yucatán rejoins Mexico…
July 1848 CE
The Independent Republic of Yucatán rejoins Mexico in exchange for Mexican help in suppressing the revolt by the indigenous Maya population.
Governor Barbachano of Yucatán has sought allies anywhere he can find them, sending representatives to Cuba to seek Spanish help, to Jamaica to gain aid from the United Kingdom, and to the United States, but none of these foreign powers would intervene.In the United States, the situation in the Yucatán had been debated in Congress, but there was no will to fight.
Subsequently, Barbachano had turned to Mexico City and accepted a return to Mexican authority on July 24, 1848.
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