In the following paragraphs, I will explain the causes of the movements of independence and prove that this was the uprising of an oppressed nation. ... The lower castes wanted a say in their society. ... (Clayton & Conniff, 20) At this point, the Creoles wanted control. ... In 1810, as mentioned before, Father Miguel Hidalgo called upon Mexicans to rise up and fight the Spanish, this was known as grito de Dolores . ... He led Mexico to independence from Spain in 1821. ...

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It is easy to see many of the aforementioned legacies in Present day Mexico. ... The juxtaposition of ancient religious structures is typical of the religion practiced by many Mexicans today. ... Politically, Mexico is one of the most provincial and violent countries in Latin America as regions espouse autonomy granted from colonial times. ... Additionally, Mexicans have exhibited the migratory patterns first seen in the Indian conscripts of the Peruvian Andes. Some Mexicans left at will to the big cities while others were forced to depart, they rarely made the trip back to their ancestral ho...

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European Americans even drove Mexicans further and further south, all of this until we have the corners of what we call the United States today. ... He wanted European immigrants to assimilated into American citizens as soon as possible – but what exactly does that mean? In my previous paper, I mentioned how white Americans have this fascination with simultaneously breaking away from English monarchy while still have an unconscious obsession with it (the imperial use of measurements instead of the metric system, yet we still followed similar education, etiquette, and money rituals that ...

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It's funny and it's the fact that all Central America governments, one time or another, wanted to build ocean-to-ocean railroad, taking advantage of the narrow territories of the continent. ... While United Fruit Company dominated railroad track in the isolated jungle area, International Railway Company (IRC) controlled the main routed that connected Mexico through south Guatemala. ... He also mentioned the term "gun boat diplomacy" to described militia action scandal the company involved to support its business, which I will discuss later in the essay. ...

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