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See also:SANTA See also:ANA
, the See also:capital of the See also:department of See also:Santa See also:Ana, See also:Salvador, 50 M. by See also:rail N.W. of See also:San Salvador.- Pop.(19o5) about 48,000
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It,is situated about 2100 ft. above See also:sea-level, in a valley surrounded by high mountains, which are covered by See also:coffee and See also:sugar plantations and See also:woods
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It is the second See also:city of the See also:republic in See also:size, and has broad shady streets and See also:fine open squares
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The municipal offices, See also:hospital, See also:literary See also:institute and See also:barracks are noteworthy buildings, and the See also:parish See also: He proclaimed the Republic, and was then a supporter of the successful federalparty . Federalism suited him very well since it See also:left him in command of Vera Cruz . In 1829 he defeated a foolish See also:attempt of the Spaniards to reassert their authority in Mexico . He kept himself in reserve till events gave him a See also:chance to upset the See also:president of the See also:day, Bustamente, whom he defeated at Casas Blancas on the 12th of See also:November 1832 . He could now have become president himself, but preferred to See also:rule through dummies . Now that he saw an opportunity to become master he became reactionary and abolished the federal constitution . This led to the revolt of See also:Texas, which was full of settlers from the See also:United States . Santa-Anna invaded Texas and gained some successes, but was surprised and taken prisoner at San Jacinto on the 21st of See also:April 1836 . The Texans had a See also:good excuse for See also:shooting him, as he conducted See also:war in a ferocious way . They preferred to let him See also:save his See also:life by ordering his troops to evacuate the country . He was released in February 1837, and had for a time to " retire to his estates " in Vera Cruz . In 1838 the See also:French government made an attack on the See also:town, and Santa-Anna, by a display of his redeeming virtue of See also:personal courage, lost a See also:leg but regained his See also:influence . He became military See also:dictator in 1841, and governed by violence till he was driven into See also:exile by See also:mutiny in 1845 . He fled to See also:Cuba, but was recalled to command against the invading army from the United States in 1846 . The Americans See also:beat him, and once more (1848) he went into exile . In 1.853 he was recalled and named president for life, with the See also:title of Serene See also:Highness . In less than two years he was again overthrown and had to go abroad in See also:August 1855 . For the rest of his life Santa-Anna was See also:hanging on the outskirts of Mexico, endeavouring to find an opening to renew his old adventures . He tried the emperor See also:Maximilian, the French and the United States to see if they would serve his turn . But he had outlived his time . The'empty title of See also:grand-See also:marshal given by Maximilian was all he gained . When in 1867 he attempted to See also:head a rising, he was captured, and condemned to See also:death, but spared on the ground that he was in his dotage . At last, worn out by See also:age, he accepted an See also:amnesty and returned to the city of Mexico, where he died in obscurity on the 20th of See also:June 1876 . See H . H . See also:Bancroft, See also:History of the Pacific States of See also:North America, vols. viii. and ix . (San Francisco, 1882-189o) . |
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