Plan of Tacubaya, also known as Tacubaya Plan or War of the Three Years (Spanish: Plan de Tacubaya) was formulated to abolish the Reform Laws by Benito Juárez. In Mexico the new constitution was rejected by a large part of society, which had the support of the clergy and the army. Comonfort, aware of the limitations imposed by the new regime, proposed reforms to strengthen the government and mitigate "radical" measures; however, Congress rejected them. Given the delicate situation, Félix Zuloaga and other generals convinced Comonfort to convene another congress to draft a new constitution more in keeping with the customs of the nation. On December 17, 1857, Zuloaga proclaimed the Plan of Tacubaya. Comonfort joined the Plan of Tacubaya, which began the three-year war.
The laws enacted by Benito Juárez in Veracruz, while besieging the port, known as Reform Laws, finally established the separation of Church and State. The July 12, 1859 was enacted nationalization of church property, the 23, the Civil Marriage Act, the Organic Law 28 Civil Registry and the Law on the civil status of persons, and 31, the decree stating that any intervention by the clergy ceased in cemeteries and graveyards. August 11 The holidays were regulated and prohibited government assistance to the functions of the Church. A year later, on December 4, 1860, was issued the Law on religious freedom. These laws were the beginning of a new era in politics, economics and culture. But while these arrangements became reality, the civil war had exhausted and impoverished the country.
Nationalization Law Ecclesiastical Property: This law complements the lerdo law of confiscation of the goods of the Church, with an important change: the goods and not passed into the hands of shareholders. It was issued in Veracruz on July 12, 1859.
Civil Marriage Act: was issued in Veracruz on July 23, 1859; by this law established that religious marriage had no official validity and established marriage as a civil contract with the State, eliminating the forced intervention of priests and the collection of the same by the churches.
Civil Registration Act: civil status registration of people left in charge of government employees and not of the Church. They declared births and deaths as a civil contract with the state. It was issued in Veracruz on July 28, 1859. Decree of secularization of cemeteries declared the cessation of all involvement of the clergy in graveyards and cemeteries; was released in Veracruz on July 31, 1859.
Decree suppression of religious holidays: by this decree declared the days that were to be taken as holidays, prohibiting government assistance to religious functions. It was released in Veracruz on August 11, 1859.
Law on religious freedom: under this law Catholicism ceased to be the only faith allowed. This law allowed that each person was free to practice and choose the cult he wanted to follow, if any, also prohibited the performance of ceremonies outside the churches or temples. It was issued in Veracruz on December 4, 1860.
Decree of Expulsion: by which ordered the exile of Louis Clementi, apostolic delegate, Archbishop José Lázaro de la Garza y Ballesteros and Bishops Pedro Espinosa and Pedro Davalos and Barajas and Moreno. It was released in Mexico City on January 21, 1861.
Decree of hospitals and charitable institutions: by which these properties were secularized. It was released in Mexico City on February 2, 1861.
Decree of secularization of nuns and friars: dissolving all cloisters and convents, dipossessing the religious who lived there, with the exception of the Sisters of Charity.
Presidents recognized by the Conservatives during the Reform War
