measures and other policies resulted in a series of rebellions, and his own vice-president, Antonio López de Santa Anna, would join the rebels. In April 1835, Gómez Farías fell from power by a military coup, like many of his predecessors in the tumultuous era of the First Republic. The question of nationalizing church properties then remained mostly dormant until La Reforma.

On 1 March 1854, the Plan of Ayutla was proclaimed against Santa