1833
nián dào 1855
nián jiān yóu shèng tǎ '
ān nà zhí zhèng（ SantaAnna），
tā de zhèng zhì shēng yá jǐ jīng qǐ fú gēngdié，
xià cháo zài shàng cháo，
gòng yòu 11
cì zhī duō。
zhè duàn qī jiān mò xī gē hé měi guó jǐ fān jī zhàn，
zuì hòu gē ràng liǎo dé zhōu、
xīn mò xī gē zhōu hé yà lì sāng nà zhōu gěi měi guó。 1855
nián，
céng bèi shèng tǎ '
ān nà fàng zhú de zhèng dí jié ruì cí（ BenitoJuarez）
jié hé qiáng dà de fǎn duì shì lì，
bǎ zhí zhèng shí duō nián de dú cái zhě gǎn xià tái。
jié ruì cí shǔ zì yóu xīn zhèng pài，
zài wèi shí tuī dòng xīn fǎ，
qǔ xiāo tiān zhù jiào huì hé jūn duì de miǎn zé quán。
zhè xiē bǎo shǒu shì lì de fǎn dàn dǎo zhì gǎi gé zhàn zhēng（ WaroftheReform），
zhè shì yòu shǐ yǐ lái zuì xuè xīng de yī cì nèi zhàn，
dàn zuì zhōng jiēguǒ hái shì dài biǎo zì yóu pài de jié ruì cí zài dù yíng dé xuǎn jǔ。
zài dù zhí zhèng de jié ruì cí suī rán miàn duì guó nèi wài dòng dàng qíng shì，
réng zhì lì yú jī chǔ jiàn shè、
tuī zhǎn jiào yù，
màn màn shǐ mò xī gē de zhèng zhì shè huì huán jìng bù shàng zhèng guǐ。
In 1855, Santa Anna, who had become leader one more time, was overthrown by the liberals, in what was called the Revolution of Ayutla. The moderate liberal Ignacio Comonfort became president. The Moderados tried to find a middle ground between the nation's Liberals and Conservatives.
The 1857 Constitution
During Comonfort's presidency, a new Constitution was drafted. The Constitution of 1857 retained most of the Roman Catholic Church's Colonial era privileges and revenues, but, unlike the earlier constitution, did not mandate that the Catholic Church be the nation's exclusive religion. Such reforms were unacceptable to the leadership of the clergy and the Conservatives. Comonfort and members of his administration were excommunicated, and a revolt was then declared.
The War of Reform
This led to the War of Reform, from December 1857 to January 1861. This civil war became increasingly bloody and polarized the nation's politics. Many of the Moderates came over to the side of the Liberals, convinced that the great political power of the Church needed to be curbed. For some time, the Liberals and Conservatives had their own governments, the Conservatives in Mexico City and the Liberals headquartered in Veracruz. The war ended with Liberal victory, and Liberal president Benito Juárez moved his administration to Mexico City.
