Antonio López de Santa Anna
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Latinos, Hispanics, Chicanos
- Curriculum: Latin American History
Article abstract: Santa Anna dominated Mexican life during the first forty years of its independence. While his many presidencies and other power struggles were endemic to his time, he bears the greatest responsibility for the loss of territory to the United States and for retarding the development of political maturity in Mexico.
Early Life
Antonio López de Santa Anna was born on the family estate in Jalapa, Veracruz, in eastern Mexico during the last decades of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. His family, of Spanish origin, had only been in Mexico...
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