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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER XXXI. | |
| THE SOVEREIGN PROVISIONAL JUNTA. | |
| 1821-1822. | |
| Installation of the Junta — Appointment of a Regency — Its Cabinet — O'Donojú's Death — Iturbide's Rewards — Army Promotions — Surrender of Perote, — Acapulco, and Vera Cruz — Murder of Colonel Concha — Flight of Europeans — The Press — Political Factions — Measures for Convoking Congress — Iturbide's Interference — Conspiracy — Its Failure — Condition of the Country — The Revenue — The Mining Industry — A Forced Loan and Arbitrary — Measures Reoganization of the Army — Union of Central America with the Empire — Measures for its Representation — Reflections on the Administration of the Junta. | 734 |
| CHAPTER XXXII. | |
| THE FIRST CONGRESS AND FIRST EMPEROR. | |
| 1822. | |
| The Installation — Taking the Oath under Pressure — The First Misunderstanding — Political Parties — Measures for Relief of the Treasury — Disagreements on the Army Question — A Counter-revolution — Gen eral Dávila's Action — Iturbide and Congress at Open War — Progress of Republicanism — Iturbide Proclaimed Emperor by a Popular Emeute — A Stormy Congressional Session — Agustin I. Recognized — Joy in the Provinces — The Imperial Family and Household — Difficulties of the Treasury — The Council of State — The Coronation. | 757 |
| CHAPTER XXXIII. | |
| DETHRONEMENT AND DEATH OF ITURBIDE. | |
| 1822-1824. | |
| Inauguration of the Order of Guadalupe — Padre Mier — Short-lived Harmony — Arrest of Deputies — Iturbide Attempts to Reorganize Congress — His Preposterous Claims — He Dissolves the Assembly — A Junta Instituyente Established — Appropriation of Spaniards' Money — Affairs at Vera Cruz — Santa Anna in Disgrace — Iturbide Visits Jalapa — Santa Anna Revolts — Republicanism Proclaimed — Progress of the Insurrection — Reverses — Influence of the Masonic Order — Change of Tactics — Plan of Casa Mata — Iturbide's Conciliatory Action — Congress Reinstalled — The Emperor Abdicates — His Departure from Mexico — His Return and Death. | 779 |
| LIST OF AUTHORITIES. | |
| List of Authorities | 826 |
