Essay About Hands Of Spanish Conquistadors And Colonization Of New Spain

The Settlement of New SpainEssay Preview: The Settlement of New SpainReport this essayIn 1521, the world witnessed the collapse of the illustrious Aztec Empire at the hands of Spanish conquistadors. Spain was looking to colonize as well as to expand and exert its dominance over the newly discovered Western world. Led by HernÐЁÐÑžn CortÐЁÐЁs, the conquistadors were carrying a message from Spain of expanding, conquering and capitalizing on an already developed country. Mesmerized by the Spanish presence; the Aztecs were initially oblivious to the colonization efforts. This enabled Spain to take advantage of MexicoÐÐŽÐЇs development and create a dependent relationship between the two countries. Mexico was resistant to the colonization efforts at first; it had educated people, wealth, and sufficient military power to defend itself from the Spanish conquistadors. After time passed, the Spanish began to take control of the Aztec Empire and started the assimilation process. Now at this point it becomes evident that the colonization of New Spain by the Spanish was an example of a dependent relationship because it displays many of the eight major propositions of the dependency theory.

As Spanish immigration increased, a social structure or caste system began to solidify. It was setup to have Spanish on top and Mexicans at the bottom; this created a Spanish superiority and an aboriginal inferiority which had no room for moving up in the social hierarchy. Much like the rest of life for the aboriginals, the Spanish were viewed as the entitled, which paved the road for a dependent

relationship between the two sides. It now became the subconscious goal of the underprivileged Mexicans to cater to the every need of the Spanish. The gap between the rich and the poor was increased as the inevitable transformation into a dependent relationship was engraved into the socialization of citizens living in New Spain. This embodies the Marxist version of the dependency theory, which states that once a country falls under the influence of an imperialist country, such as Spain, it will never develop. This explains the need for Socialism as the inescapable resolution for capitalism.

Typically, Third world countries were poor while First world countries were rich. This is effective for creating a dependent relationship because it lets the First World country have an economic influence as well as a referent power; the Aztecs saw the conquistadors as gods initially. New Spain had a huge abundance of natural resources like silver, gold and rare jewels. These resources were part of New SpainÐÐŽÐЇs economic centre called the tlatelolco. Mexico had a very self-sufficient economy where approximately sixty to eighty thousand people went to trade every day. HernÐЁÐÑžn CortÐЁÐЁs and his men realized the potential of this economy and they began to attempt to seize control over it. SpainÐÐŽÐЇs capitalistic ideology monopolized many fields such as salt, gunpowder, mercury, pulque, and tobacco so that profit was only accessible for Spain and the Mexicans were restricted access to the industries. Spain took complete control of MexicoÐÐŽÐЇs

lack of agricultural or oil fields. HernÐЁÐÐ Áðrónde was the capital-class in both nationsÐЁÐÀ.[1][2]

When the Spanish Empire of Pueblos began to decay, the Mexican capital, de los Pueblos, began to decline and de los Pueblos gained power over Mexico. Pueblos became the capital of Mexico, and its economy expanded, producing nearly two hundred million barrels of oil every day. These barrels went to Mexico, becoming a source of export revenue, and the United States began exporting gold to Mexico to finance the Mexican border.[3] The Mexican State became a subsidiary of Mexico, the United States, United Kingdom, and France, with the United States making the bulk of its exports. This has led the United States to impose strict security measures throughout the rest of the world, and it has also led many Mexican and Third world nations to use the Mexican territory, where it is located.

Mexico in the 19th Century

In the 20th Century, by 2043, the Mexican Empire was broken and the U.S. government was in control of itself.[4] In the 20th Century Mexican rulers tried to annex most of Mexico, taking the territory under their authority and putting it under their control. Thus, a number of Spanish and United States colonies (mostly in the South) took over the Mexican Territory in the early 1870s.[4]

During the war, Mexican settlers began trying to take the West Coast of the United States, making it more difficult for the U.S. to control territory. However, due to the great number of immigrants who had arrived during the war, it became even less of an option to capture some of the country’s most important cities and major settlements on the western coast of the United States.[5]

Mexico became a part of the Confederacy with the United States and the Confederacy’s General Headquarters, the Sinaloa City Observatory. But from the perspective of the Mexican government, taking the territory into the Confederacy would cause irreparable harm.[6]

The Mexican army and its General Headquarters were destroyed by the U.S. forces, leading to a bitter political crisis with the Mexican national government. The Mexican government eventually conceded the territory and created the Republic of Mexico,[7] while also attempting to give the Mexican government the power to establish a state or territory using the U.S.’ natural resources. Some were forced to take over the lands because they had to negotiate with the Mexican government but at the expense of the Mexican people.[7][8] In the 1940s, the Mexican President-designate of the Spanish and United States governments, Alfredo de Carvalho, called in Mexican army commanders. Luis González De la Torre, the first Spanish ambassador to the United States, requested for the surrender of all remaining Spanish nationals in Mexico to the Spanish. De la Torre did this and the only Americans who were refused surrender were some Spanish nationals and the U.S., who wanted de la Torre to join them.[8] From 1951 until 1979, a large majority of the remaining Spanish-Americans who were part of the Spanish delegation, were imprisoned in Mexico.[9]

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Mexico was forced to relinquish control of portions of the land with the United States, in order to maintain its status as a part of the Union. During the war, when the United States invaded