nov 1, 1869 - Conservative rewriting of constitution - expanding powers of president - modification of citizenship requirements to only extend to Catholic men - Expansion of military power empowering García Moreno to push for a more unified country with a modern infrastructure in the place of the regionalism that had existed previously, reducing the power of the business elites in Guayaquil that had controlled government previously
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nov 1, 1869
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~ 156 years ago