Mexico's Independence

The social political issues left behind after Mexico won its Independence from Spain can be attributed to many different sources stemming from the 300 years of Spanish colonization. On September 16, 1810, Father Miguel Hidalgo, a parish priest, called for the rebellion of the indigenous people of Mexico against Spanish occupation “El Grito De Dolores” marking this day as Mexico’s Day of Independence. May the 5th is a battle that occurred in Puebla while defending against the French which, in my opinion, was also an important milestone in building the confidence needed to rebel against Spain. For the next 33 years after Mexico wins its independence from Spain, the country will go through ethnic turmoil and in-fighting between the newly formed social-political groups and power struggles that will essentially bankrupt the already struggling young country.
Mexico’s independence from Spain was a great accomplishment, but their troubles were not yet over. On February 24, 1821, …show more content…
government opposed bad morality and honor issues from such actions against Mexico. These people included some military leaders such as, Abraham Lincoln, General Andrew Jackson, General Zachary Taylor, but even with these Americans in high positions against president James Polk, they were powerless to stop him. This was because of the element of deceit and propaganda he used very well to get him the support needed to conduct such a campaign. At the same time, some of the ones people who disagreed with Polk had nothing to do with honor for moralities, they had to do with that thing called racism. They did not want to integrate more non-whites in the country, because they had enough of their own Indian or natives to deal with already. This was the same reason why Britain and the United States took Britain controlled land (Palestine property controlled by Great Britain) and gave it to Israel so that they did not have to take to many Arabs into their respective countries.