Why did Mexico free itself from Spain?

[ConcealedDreamer]

Hey, I am doing a history project, and I want to know why Mexico wanted independence from Spain. Any specific details? Thanks in advance.

[Smurf]

What was life like in Mexico, in the early 1800's? Well, for one thing, back then, this country was not called Mexico. It was called New Spain. And things were a mess.

Was Mexico (New Spain) ready for independence from Spain? Most scholars agree that by the early 1800's, Mexico was ready and that independence was inevitable. There were many reasons for this:
-The inequalities of life under the caste system
-The flow of wealth out of New Spain to Spain
-The inability of New Spain to feed its own people
-The confusion and division in the governments of both Spain and New Spain
-The flow of new ideas on government and peoples rights arriving from America and France, both of whom had recently undergone revolutions of their own
http://members.aol.com/MrDonnUnits/ColonialMexico.html

[Ivan Seeking]

THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION
http://www.les1.man.ac.uk/multimedia/Mexican%20Revolution.htm

Mexico prior independence (1517-1821)
http://www.fotw.net/flags/mx_idx.html#previo

Mexican Independence
http://dl.tamu.edu/Projects/sodct/mexicanrev.htm

[Gokul43201]

Should we be doing this ? :eek: Doesn't this belong in HH ?

[franznietzsche]

Hey, I am doing a history project, and I want to know why Mexico wanted independence from Spain. Any specific details? Thanks in advance.


Well i wrote an extended essay on why mexico could not achieve democracy (and still hasn't) but i'm really rather too drunk to answer. Grey Goose Vodka is great stuff. Really.

[Smurf]

always helpfull eh Franz?

[tribdog]

Well i wrote an extended essay on why mexico could not achieve democracy (and still hasn't) but i'm really rather too drunk to answer. Grey Goose Vodka is great stuff. Really.
I gotta second you on the Grey Goose. Ever tried Van Gogh? The only vodka I'd ever tasted reminded me of rubbing alcohol, awful stuff. I didn't realize there was a difference, and assumed everything tasted like Smirnoff. Then the guy I work with bought me a Grey Goose on the rocks and it was absolutely amazing. I had no idea vodka could be so smooth and taste so good.

I have a theory about Mexico, but it probably doesn't help any. I am of the opinion that Mexico will never be powerful nation for one simple reason: the siesta. Those naps in the afternoon are killing them, get back to work after lunch and do something productive.

[franznietzsche]

always helpfull eh Franz?

It was the weekend. If there is no class the next day, assume i'm drunk. I make everyone else i know look like prudes when it comes to alcohol.

I gotta second you on the Grey Goose. Ever tried Van Gogh? The only vodka I'd ever tasted reminded me of rubbing alcohol, awful stuff. I didn't realize there was a difference, and assumed everything tasted like Smirnoff. Then the guy I work with bought me a Grey Goose on the rocks and it was absolutely amazing. I had no idea vodka could be so smooth and taste so good.

I have a theory about Mexico, but it probably doesn't help any. I am of the opinion that Mexico will never be powerful nation for one simple reason: the siesta. Those naps in the afternoon are killing them, get back to work after lunch and do something productive.

Yeah, grey goose straight is good, take a small chaser, something sweet, and it goes down like water. Very good stuff. Smirnoff Triple distilled is antiseptic though. Their raspberry is survivable, but still not great. But grey goose, and Chopin too, good good stuff.

[Clausius2]

"The flow of wealth out of New Spain to Spain"

Ya. I don't know how much this wealth was, but at least they now know how to write and read because we went there.