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Mexico’s Northern States

Timeline 150 B . C .

Teotihuacán is built.

A . D . 750 300–900

Teotihuacán is abandoned.

Peak cultural growth of the Maya. Aztecs begin to conquer other tribes for control of Mexico.

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1325 1521 1810 1821 1862 1867

Aztecs build Tenochtitlán.

Spanish take control of Mexico.

Father Miguel Hidalgo calls for Mexico’s independence from Spain.

Mexico wins its independence.

France invades Mexico.

Benito Juárez triumphs over the French, executes the Emperor Maximilian, and resumes his presidency.

1876

Porfirio Díaz begins his period of dictatorship.

1910–1921 The Mexican Revolution. 1968

Mexico hosts the Summer Olympic Games, and violence breaks out during a student protest.

2000 2004

Vicente Fox becomes president.

Monterrey hosts the Summit of the Americas, in which the leaders of 34 Western Hemisphere democracies meet to discuss political issues. 65 workers are killed in an explosion at a Coahuila coal mine; Felipe Calderón is elected president of Mexico. Despite the efforts of Mexican law enforcement agencies, drug- related gang violence remains a major problem in the northern states near the U.S. border as drug cartels fight for control over smuggling routes.

2006

2008