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Spanish Rule In Mexico

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Wars of Independence have been fought by different people, countries, and cultures for many generations. The process of independence from either tyrannical rule, human enslavement, or religious persecution, have been dissected, viewed, argued, and supported by historians throughout the years. New ideas, theories, and emphasis have been placed on the political, regional, social and personal reasonings behind insurgency, war and the fight for independence. Historically, Europe’s and America’s independence are well known; however, not much has been examined on the independence movements against Spanish rule in Mexico during the same time. Mexico’s political aspects of independence and reform were no different, similarly modeled after the American and French Revolutions. The control of the Spanish Crown and its relationship to the natives, the natives response, the social and political tensions, and insurgency are key points in Mexico’s independence. …show more content…

Spain was seeking the Christianization of native populations, as well as, have control through segregated caste systems. Politics became the driving force for economic dynamism within the Spanish colonies. During the 1800s, known as the Age of Revolutions, many parts of Europe, America and even Mexico were seeking independence from an absolute rule of government to a republic or constitutional reform. The fight for independence came quite suddenly for Mexico. The beginnings of Mexico’s insurgency are complicated. The rise of Mexico’s revolution took different forms based upon region and population, social caste systems in society, and the

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