Lorenzo de Zavala
Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y Sáenz ( born October 3, 1788 in Tecoh [ wp 1] Merida / Yucatan (State), † November 16, 1836 in Channelview [ wp 2], Texas) was a Texas Latifundist.
Life
He studied at the seminary of San Ildefonso Latin, philosophy, and theology. His political involvement began with conspiratorial meetings in the Church of the Barrio de San Juan ( Yucatán ) [ wp 3] in Mérida in the priest Vicente María Velásquez, where a political will against a continuation of New Spain was held as a colony of Spain. His Promote independence was punished by the Spanish colonial authorities and prison in San Juan de Ulua, in Veracruz from 1813 to 1817. There he became Freemasons. He founded the first daily newspapers in Yucatán under the name: El Aristarco Universal, El redactor Meridano and El Hispanoamericano Constitucional.
In 1820 he was elected as representatives of Yucatán in the Cortes ( national assembly ). He returned to Mexico in 1824 and a member and chairman of the Constituent Assembly, the Legislative Constituyente de México 1821
Manuel Gómez Pedraza [ wp 4] in 1828 elected to succeed Guadalupe Victoria as president of Mexico. Lorenzo de Zavala intrigued with Antonio López de Santa Anna that Parliament [ wp 5] the law that would have Manuel Gómez Pedraza appointed president did not say goodbye but Vicente Guerrero made to the President, for which this de Zavala suggested as his representative in this office but was elected by Parliament Anastasio Bustamante why Vicente Guerrero, Lorenzo de Zavala appointed as finance minister in his cabinet.
As ambassador to France, he had a letter of accreditation for the Holy See doing, with whom he was, however, not received, as Gregory XVI. the independence of Mexico until 1836 recognized.
After his return from Paris, he settled with his family on his estates in Texas and conspired with the Texan separatists. He was appointed to the Congress of the Republic of Texas and From March bis October 1836 Deputy President of the Republic of Texas.
In the former New Spain was the tendency prevalent in the second quarter of the 19th century to particularism, there was a República de Yucatán [ wp 6] and Los Altos (Central America ). Antonio López de Santa Anna issued in 1835 seven centralized laws, which resulted in the Texas War of Independence on October 2, 1835.
Lorenzo de Zavala married in 1807 Teresa Correa y Correa, her son was Lorenzo Junior. 1831 married Lorenzo de Zavala Emily West, with her he had children Agustín Ricardo and Emily. The father of Adina Emilia De Zavala [ wp 7] Agustín
After Zavala Zavala County was named.
Publications
- Viaje a los Estados Unidos del Norte - de America, Lorenzo de Zavala, Justo Sierra O'Reilly, Impr de Castillo y compañía, 1846 - 329 pp.