Comments on: September: Mexico’s Month of Flags and Parties https://www.mexperience.com/month-of-flags-and-parties/ Experience More of Mexico Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:30:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Cecilia Montes de Oca https://www.mexperience.com/month-of-flags-and-parties/#comment-31071 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 06:18:08 +0000 https://www.mexperience.com/blogs/mexicoinsight/?p=121---eae376bf-7175-4f2f-8fdf-c98c772ee0db#comment-31071 In reply to Cecilia Montes de Oca.

Additionally, there was the revolutionary independence movements common to the period which had been started first by the USA, then the French shortly after, then spread among other western nation colonies. It was thus also the product of the changes in political thinking of the times.

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By: Cecilia Montes de Oca https://www.mexperience.com/month-of-flags-and-parties/#comment-31070 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 06:15:27 +0000 https://www.mexperience.com/blogs/mexicoinsight/?p=121---eae376bf-7175-4f2f-8fdf-c98c772ee0db#comment-31070 In reply to AnnTherese Duffy.

Mexico declared independence from Spain in 1810 and fought 11 years until 1821 when they concluded their war for independence. Why is complex; one main reason is the treatment of Mexican-born Spaniards was different/worse than of those born in Spain. They did not have the same rights as those born actually in Spain and were growing tired of it. Also, Napoleon had conquered Spain and installed a relative as the new king, and many of the Mexican Spaniards did not feel loyalty to the new king, who they saw as not truly entitled to the throne vs the Spanish lineage royalty. So it was easier for them to gather a resistance and to rebel, although there was still a large proportion of loyalists who wanted to remain as part of Spain.

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By: AnnTherese Duffy https://www.mexperience.com/month-of-flags-and-parties/#comment-31069 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:08:05 +0000 https://www.mexperience.com/blogs/mexicoinsight/?p=121---eae376bf-7175-4f2f-8fdf-c98c772ee0db#comment-31069 Who is Mexico becoming independent from and why?

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