[Iturbide, Agustín de]: [Mexican Revolution]:

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D. RAMON GUTIERREZ DEL MAZO, GEFE POLÍTICO DE ESTA CAPITAL, INTENDENTE DE ELLA Y SU PROVINCIA, Y SUPERINTENDENTE DE HACIENDA PÚBLICA &c. [caption ... A scarce broadside from Agustín de Iturbide's brief period of power in Mexico. After leading the coalition of Mexican forces which took over Mexico City in 1821, winning independence from Spain, Iturbide became president of the regency government before being made Emperor (over his own protestations) the following year. Despite his success as a military leader, Iturbide's tenure as Emperor proved less providential. A significant faction which had hoped for a republican government after independence agitated against him, particularly within Mexico's Congress. Iturbide made more enemies by dismissing the uncooperative congress a few months into his reign. He also found it difficult to gain recognition for an independent Mexico abroad and was unable to effectively pay for his army, leading to his exile in March 1823, only eight months after his coronation.This broadside, printed while Iturbide was in office as President of the Regency but before his coronation as Emperor, relays a bando from Iturbide regarding the national revenue. Among other stipulations, it notes that Mexico's indigenous populations, having lost the privileged status they held under the Spanish constitution, would now be subject to the alcabala (i.e. sales tax). The document is initialed in manuscript by Carlos Garcia. Garcia was mayor of Puebla (where this broa

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