Mexico by Hernan Cortez
A child rebels against his father, because he thinks that his father's rules are unjust; he thinks that if he rebels then maybe his father will change those rules. Rebellion may manifest itself itself in many ways: the child may refusr to eat, do his homework or even throw a temper tanturium. Some historians have argued that the above situtation was very similar to the latin amerian uprising against the spainish crown. Although spain thought of the colonies as little sons, in need protection from revolutionary ideas. However, the sourceof rebellious grievances differed greatly in each region of the new empire. The origins and manifsetatins of these grivences can be traced back to the pre-Columbian rulers in each region: the Aztecs, in what is now Mexico and Central America; the Incas in the Andean region of South America. These pre- Columbian rulers lefy an imprint or lack there of on the people of their region; thus, shaping the indigenous society. Societies that would later rise up against the outside authority; either trying to replace it with the old Inca regeim, or they considerd it weak and needed a new central governement. Frist let us look at the conquist of Mexico by Hernan Cortez. Mexico and the Yucatan penisul
In the rebellion in Mexico, such as Chipas and the rural rebellions, one can find common elements between the two Mexican rebellions. The rural rebellions in Mexico are characterieistics as being spontaneuous, never having a distant leader. More importantly, they were small and short lived, never spreading outside the community. These characterisitics are traced back tot eh communities ruled by the Aztecs. These communities in central and southern Mexico were fragmented; there was not a common lanuage nor any power ethnic authorities, plus the tribes were a lot smaller. The Mexican tribes were seen as small communities, thrown together under one crown. These characteristics would manifest themselves later in key Mexican rebellions, which will be explored later in this essay. William Taylor defined te ebellions in central and southern Mexico as, " Localized mass attacks generally limited to restoring a customary equilbrium" ar was ruled by the Aztecs. The Aztecs rule was compromised by the arrival of the spainish. Cortez and his men were seen as Gods, who returned to save the poor from the tyrannical hands if the Aztecs. The pre-columbina civilaization was centralized around the war god, Huitzilapochli, which meant they were constanly at war and the central system was in un
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