The Mexican constitution, which is at this…

The Mexican constitution, which is at this time very similar to the United States constitution, is largely disregarded by the majority of the population.

When the conservative candidate, Manuel Gómez Pedraza, wins the election to succeed Guadalupe Victoria as president, Vicente Guerrero, one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence, who had won the electoral vote but lost the popular vote, stages a coup d'état and takes the presidency on April 1, 1829 with the aid of General Antonio López de Santa Anna.