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uring the Reform War, Liberal forces During the regime of Porfirio Diaz (1876 assassination of Francisco I. Madero, when
to 1910), the Mexican government invited troops were organized. These troops de-
D under General Manuel Marquez de foreign enterprises to enter the country to feated federal troops in 1914 and took over
develop it. In Baja California, these included La Paz. From the end of the Mexican Revo-
Leon and others captured La Paz. French mining operations including a major French lution to 1974, the territory had ten gover-
forces then invaded the country to support mina called El Boleo (today Santa Rosalia) nors appointed by the federal government.
the Conservative cause and then Governor and the establishment of maritime routes. The division of the peninsula was further
Felix Gilbert recognized Emperor Maximil- This president also divided the peninsula into formalized in 1931, with a highway extend-
ian. However, Mexican forces under Benito two parts, each with its own government. ing its length the same year. The southern
Juarez forced the French out, with Coronel territory became a state on October 8, 1974.
Clodomiro Cota, recapturing the peninsula T he southern peninsula was not involved
from the French. The division of the peninsu- in the Mexican Revolution until after the
la into north and south occurred in 1888 by
the federal government under Porfirio Diaz.
