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Hernán Cortés conquered the great empire of the Aztecs causing the native population to fall from 25 million to about 1 million, 300 years of colonial rule, and categorization of people by color
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Emperor of the Aztec empire. Let the Spanish live in their city, causing him to be killed by his own people -
A war fought from 1540 until 1542 between the Caxcanes and other semi-nomadic indigenous people of the area of northwestern Mexico against Spanish invaders, including their Aztec and Tlaxcalan allies.
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A military conflict between Spanish colonizers and their Indian allies against a confederation of Chichimeca Indians. It was the longest and most expensive conflict between Spaniards and the indigenous peoples of New Spain in the history of the colony.
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Was a caption of the Spanish Army in New Spain who came to sympathize with the Mexican Independence movement.
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After the French and Indian War, England was clearly the dominant power in Europe; and Spain (King Carlos IV) and France (Napoleon) maintained an on-and-off alliance to try and check England’s power, which allowed France to surprise Spain with a sudden betrayal and seizure in 1808. -
a priest named Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla issued a call for independence. This date is today memorialized as Mexico’s Independence Day, when the Mexican War of Independence began. -
Iturbide and revolutionary leader Vincente Guerrero created the Plan of Iguala in early 1821. It upheld the power of the Catholic Church and gave criollos equal rights and privileges to peninsulares.New Spain’s last viceroy had no choice but to accept Mexico’s independence. On August 24, 1821, the Treaty of Cordoba was signed and granted Mexico formal independence from Spain, thus ending the Mexican War of Independence.