WI Iturbide never abdicated?

In OTL, Augistin de Iturbide, Emperor of Mexico abdicated.

What If he didn't?

Sorry, this belongs in Before 1900, please move it.
 
Maybe some of the civil wars between liberals and conservatives could be avoided, but overall, I don't think Mexico's situation would had gotten a lot better. There was too much turmoil in the country at the time and Iturbide would need a lot of will and energy to stay in the throne and pacify the country.
 
This belongs in pre-1900.

It would be interesting to see how Mexico developed if Iturbide never abdicated, in my opinion. For one thing, Mexico would still retain the former Captaincy-General of Guatemala. On the other hand, how would he deal with Mexico's northern possessions - i.e. Alta California, Nuevo México, etc.? Just some of the questions I'd like to see answered in such a scenario.
 
Maybe some of the civil wars between liberals and conservatives could be avoided, but overall, I don't think Mexico's situation would had gotten a lot better.

True - it was mainly the conservatives (and the upper echelons of Mexican society when it was known as New Spain under Spanish rule) that supported Iturbide anyway.

There was too much turmoil in the country at the time and Iturbide would need a lot of will and energy to stay in the throne and pacify the country.

I agree. However, if he managed to get what needed to be done done, Mexico could look almost like Brazil, in a way, when Brazil had its monarchy, as a way of appeasing both the conservatives and the liberals. At least that's my opinion.

Which reminds me - must get to work.
 
I'll look it up in a minute because I'm doing something on this, but Iturbide's forces initially defeated a rebellion, and amongst those who managed to flee with their lives were Santa Anna, and I think Guadeloupe Victoria. If those two had been caught by the pursuit, then the empire may have been able to survive the next time as well

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Grey Wolf
 
I'll look it up in a minute because I'm doing something on this, but Iturbide's forces initially defeated a rebellion, and amongst those who managed to flee with their lives were Santa Anna, and I think Guadeloupe Victoria. If those two had been caught by the pursuit, then the empire may have been able to survive the next time as well

Best Regards
Grey Wolf

Actually Santa Anna was in custody and was being brought back to Mexico City, but he "asked for permission to see his family" in Veracruz and then return to Mexico City on his own. Why did Iturbide was fool enough to let him go? I don't know, but of course, he did not return and started the rebellion in Veracruz again.
 
Well, it depends what caused him to abdicate. Is the Plan de Casa Mata never formulated because people are pleased with Agustin's rule, or is the Plan crushed and the rebels (particularly Santa Ana) killed?

If it's the second option, I think the domestic unrest would continue much as in our timeline and eventually Agustin would be overthrown.

However, if Agustin's first months are happy and he is widely approved, I could see history going much differently. For starters, almost all of Central America would remain Mexican and would have no real reason to secede. Secondly, I doubt Iturbide would ban slavery, so I don't think the Texan settlers are going to grow very dissatisfied with the government. I could see Iturbide giving them much more autonomy than any other leader in OTL. I think Mexico would hold on to it's possessions for much longer--perhaps even until gold is discovered in California. Mexico probably aids Cuban rebels against Spain and eventually annexes Cuba as a part of Mexico. Mexico could make claims on Oregon from a strong base in northern California.

One interesting thing to think about would be to think of whether Mexico could possibly end up annexing the Indian Territory. I think life for Indians in Texas would be much better under Mexican rule, and I think that Mexican rule could be very enticing after the Trail of Tears. This could mean that Mexico has almost all of North America's petroleum reserves, rather than the US, and that the economic power in the Americas is shared between Mexico and the US rather than dominated by the USA.
 
Unless Mexico manages to promote colonization to the northern territories and attract settlers of Europe, I can't see Mexico laying claims on the Oregon territory, there wasn't enough population, even for California, New Mexico and Texas, but it's possible, specially if gold is discovered in California, however, that could attract unwanted attention on the zone from Britain and the US. Mexico could aid the Cuban rebels, but I don't think Cuba would be annexed, Mexico would need to do something about it's navy, which was practically unexistant at that time. As for the Indian territory, how could Mexico could annex it? It was US territory after all.
 
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