<h2>Morelos</h2>

Morelos is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 33 municipalities and its capital city is Cuernavaca.

It is located in South-Central Mexico. It is bordered by the states of México to the north-east and north-west, Puebla to the east, Guerrero to the southwest and to the north with Mexico City.

HISTORY

Since 200 A.D. to 500 A.D. Olmeca culture inhabited the territory now known as the state of Morelos. Later, from the year 650 A.D. the central highland culture, the result of influences Maya, teotihuacana and mixteco-zapoteca, controlled the territory.

The most important archaeological site is of tolteca origin and it is in Xochicalco, located in the actual Miacatlán town. It was built on top of some hills and it was surrounded and protected by strong walls to keep out enemies’ entry.

In the thirteenth century, xochimilcas founded Tepoztlán, Tétela, Hueyacapan and Xumiltepec. In the northern tlahuicas founded Cuauhnahuac, now Cuernavaca. However with the blossoming of the Mexica Empire, they began to extend their domination and the territory encompassed by these tribes was subjected to taxation of the great empire controlled by Tenochtitlan.

MORELOS DURING THE COLONIAL

Upon arrival of the Spanish, indigenous groups of the region were divided into two chiefdoms: The Cuernavaca and Oaxtepec.

To formalize the site of Tenochtitlan was necessary not to have enemies, so the conqueror sent an expedition to take the village of Ocuituco, later was sent Gonzalo de Sandoval and went to Yecapixtla. In 1521, a year later, Cortes explored the subject land by Sandoval, then he addressed to Tlalmanalco, Oaxtepec and Acapatzingo.

In the same year he took Cuauhnáhuac and doing this he completely submitted to the tlahuicas.

MORELOS DURING THE INDEPENDENCE OF MEXICO

In 1810, the towns of Morelos state participated in the struggle for independence against the Spanish. Between 6 and February 12, 1812, Royalists left under General Felix Maria Calleja towards Cuautla defended by Galeana, Bravo, Matamoros, and Morelos. When Maximiliano knew the Borda Garden in Cuernavaca, made ​​it his summer residence. With the Maximiliano´s presence in the city, improved the way Mexico - Cuernavaca.

On April 17, 1869, erects the state of Morelos, comprised by the districts of Cuernavaca and Cuautla. It called elections and the general Francisco Leyva was the winner, being the first governor of the state from 1869 to 1876. In 1870, the first Constitution of the State was proclaimed.

In 1873, the oceanic railroad opened up to Yautepec. From 1893 to 1897, began laying the Mexico-Cuernavaca railroad, which was completed until 1897, when the first locomotive reached Cuernavaca.

MORELOS DURING THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION

Porfirio Díaz releases the Tuxtepec Plan with the slogan "no reelection" and achieves to win the presidency in 1876. His government lasted over 30 years. During the Porfiriato, about 25 yeomen owned large tracts of land and modern machinery to work. Morelos peasants were dispossessed of their lands and were hired as laborers on cane sugar plantations.

In the early twentieth century, Morelos was the third largest sugar producer in the world. In Morelos, Emiliano Zapata formed the Southern Liberation Army, it was a group composed mostly of peasants. Zapata rebelled against Madero because their demands were not met quickly and asked him to lay down their weapons. The Zapatistas did not accept and developed the Plan de Ayala, in which unknown Madero as president.

Colonel Jesus Guajardo pretended to join Zapata and invited him to lunch at the farm of Chinameca, where they were betrayed and killed on April 10, 1919.