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5:37 nah men you lost me for good... you just cant just say stuff like "this person bravely murder that other person" especially when talking about genocide, massacre of innocents and slavery. For being called Knowwedgia, it seems there is a LOT of stuff you dont seem to know. History youtube channels should be better, you cant give yourself the luxury of not knowing this, as these days these channels are replacing tv documentaries and books PS: l have to say, the way you butchered the Spanish,Aztecs and Mexican names its disgusting... next time use google translate and hear the pronunciations, is not that hard you know?
@@eleazarmartinez5218 No he didn't. He mentioned the French occupation and being expelled in the latter part of the 1860's. The French were a minor part. The focus was on the Spanish participation, since it was part of the Spanish Empire.
As a native Mexican and anthropologist (who specializes in Mesoamerica)…this video is physically painful to watch. If I had 2 hours to spare, I’d sit here and itemize every single inaccurate bit of information. Suffice to say- if you watch this video, please view it as strictly “entertainment” and not as “historically accurate”. ❤😂
A statement made is wrong: Cortes never conquered Mexico since Mexico did not exist at that time, just the Aztec empire which had been occupying the central valley for hardly 200 years while severely oppressing all the tribes they could. We could say Mexico was born with its independence.
I'm sorry. I've been a fan of your channel for a while, but this video was just poorly made. A lot of important stuff was just not talked about. I understand it's difficult to make a short video talking about the entire history of a country. Maybe you should make videos on smaller topics of the history of Mexico to make it justice.
@@bradbaker4679the point is that it isn’t that “oh the video is bad because you don’t like it” it’s bad because of the misinformation, misinformation Is inherently bad
6:03 - 6:19 ; 1:53 they mentioned those said allies once, then around the 3:51 minute mark they mentioned the Tlaxcala but didn't really emphasize their impact. I mean tbf most of their videos are less than 20 minutes but still makes it seems insignificant. Also 4:56 debatable I mean the Aztecs fought for slaves, they would capture their enemies alive and were built to travel on foot. The Conquistadors did have horses and superior weaponry, doesn't mean that they fought the same as Aztecs, they fought to kill and one fought for capture
I can't even begin to tell the inaccuracies this video tells, it is so wrong, Moctezuma never tought Cortez was a God, in fact he told them to leave but Cortez pushed forward, Mexico was never colonized, it was in fact part of the Spanish empire, it wasn't a colony, the war for independance was in fact a war against the french imposed ruler and it was a war supporting the restoration of the original spanish monarchy, in the end the much weakened spanish spanish empire had so little power over new spain that it ended up becoming independent thanks to people that saw the opportunity to create a new mexican epire, wich ended up in the country of Mexico.
Obviously, no one with a professional knowledge of the actual history of Mexico was involved in the creation of this worthless content. It is interesting to see how Spain first supported US independence and then lost its American empire thanks to the USA and its allies, the British.
This such a disappointing video from a Chanel that usually makes so good content. Very poorly summary of 500 years. And it’s was so posed to be about Mexico, yet most of actually Mexican (that is independent Mexico) conflicts and wars were not even mentioned. What a shame
3:37 fun fact, in Mexico City, the tree where Hernan Cortez cried under is still there, the event is also referred to “La Noche Victoriosa” “The Victorious Night”
Some things are subjectively vague and misleading here. But I guess it's fine as an introduction for Americans. However a fundamental difference between the English and the Spanish In Terms of colonization that everyone should know: is that originally the Spanish Queen Isabella the Catholic ordered from start to Columbus that any native found in the new territory was to be treated as a subject of the crown and not a slave, thus the heavy Jesuit work with the natives, this had a long lasting effect, because the focus at the beginning was of integration. Not of extermination. This is why the largest part of the current Mexican population in Mexico is still brown. We were considered from the beginning, the Jesuit and other Catholic orders went in fact to such lengths and endeavours to learn and preserve the history and language of the Mesoamerican people, founding the very first University in the entire American continent that had in its first subjects the study of native languages. In contrast to the English and then American politics with the natives, mostly of extermination and then as tools in war.
To be honest, I do feel a bit bad about Spain, they were once on top of the world, but with a little royal inbreeding and some bad Napoleonic luck they began their downfall and bad luck against the English. In fact most of the bad reputation of Spain was originally spread by the English in colonial times, and then by the Americans in the times of their Spanish-American war. Spain just lost it all and are forced to live today with a similar shame akin of the german people regarding their past ww2 History . And I say this as a brown Mexican.
The British had good relations with indigenous Americans, it was post independence US Americans that annihilated them. Britain was also the first country to abolish slavery.
@richardsmall3655 How were the spaniards responsible of spreading disease? they didnt know that natives didnt have the inmune system to resist it, it was going to happen, it was not their intention. The main point is the spanish crown always insited that the natives were equal subjects and they shouldnt be enslaved, the ability of the crown to enforce this in the 15th century across an ocean was very limited though. But that was their point of view, which wasnt shared by the english, dutch or french. The jesuite missions failed in the plains of northern mexico, with nomadic tribes, but it had huge success in other areas. And again, the english showed 0 care for native culture, while spanish priests began writing books on native language grammar in the first decades of contact. The spanish crown recognized the nobility of native chiefs and the privileges of allied tribes over their lands, which were maintained until independence.
Los gringos no dicen que los europeos ilegales que llegaron a Texas llevaban esclavos, eso estaba prohibido en México, pero se les hizo más fácil declararse independientes, que respetar las leyes y obvio USA vio la oportunidad de anexarse Texas. Pero eso no lo dicen 🤫
You spent nearly the whole video talking about Mexico's history before independence. That's like making a "summary of World War Two" video but talking entirely about WW1 and the interwar years
@@BuckClucks you missed the point. This video was a "history of Mexico" but only talked about Mexico before their independence. I compared it to WW2 to make a point that flew right over your head
I love how you spent more time talking about the Conquista and Napoleon in Spain than independent Mexico, completely glossing over key parts of Mexican history such as the Reform War and the PRI; as well as barely mentioning others like the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution. I'm sorry, but this isn't a good video on Mexican history at all, it's barely serviceable as an introduction.
This is an extremely so fascinating history of Mexico which is one of my favourite nations ever even though,they lost the territories of Texas and California to United States,good friends!!!LONG LIVE MEXICO!!! 🇲🇽
It's a fascinating location, the place where the two hemispheres truly collided. Then Mexico City became the first international city in The Americas, Mexico historical weight is amongst the top, Viva Mexico!
It’s ok, every one losses wars… when USA annexed Cali, Texas etc etc that day they became 1/4 Mexican, as much as they don’t want to say or admit it Anglo Saxon American became a little bit Mexican after the war… look at the people that live within the border states? How many Mexicans have mixed with the Americans in those border states? Since the 1990s USA has assimilated Mexican culture/cuisine as it being part of USA 🇺🇸 🇲🇽
Its so strange to me that people call America the United States when Mexico is also called los estados unidos mexicanos .. strange new phenomenon that started not that long ago .
Great video but as a Mexican I noticed mistakes: 1.-Juan o donuju signed the treaty of independence in September 27th 2.- Texas was nota country since you need a recognition but imdefacto terms it was
Morelos died before Guerrero and Iturbide compromised for independence though, that's not really made clear here. Also wish there had been more recently history. The 20th century Mexican history is probably their most interesting period. Otherwise, not a bad vid at all :)
Yeah - it's a real shame the revolution doesn't get the attention it deserves. It was so complicated and influential on global politics that it's a shame it is so frequently glossed over.
I love this channel but this is such Anglo/ protestant way of telling Mexico's history! Clearly leaning into the Black legend!! Leaving a lot out to Demonize the Spanish..
Also France didn’t “occupy” Mexico, they only managed to capture Mexico City and the Mexican Government moved the capital to Northern Mexico (Chihuahua) where they continued the fighting against French Continental troops until they got exhausted of resources while the Americans were sneaking lots of guns, shells, and ammo to the Northern Mexican States not yet occupied by the French, I should make the video for you.
The strongest Indians survived and the Spanish that came just won the reconquista its a Warriors mix. Respect from New Mexico, kickapoo, Comanche, Apache and Spanish. 🇺🇸🇲🇽
France really helped out the decolonization of the Americas. They were a main reason the US got independence. Napoleon REALLY helped the US and Mexico, he sold a lot of territory to the US, and kept the British too busy to plan an attack on the Americans, and his distraction of Spain resulted in independence movements being majorly furthered. The US pushed for Canadian independence, which could be a long stretch to France helping Canada gain independence too.
@@bsrpython257 True, but when he grew up and caused a lot of distraction and turmoil in Europe, the UK had 0 initiative to fight the US, partially because of how busy it was with France and Napoleon. The war of 1812 might have gone worse for the US if the UK wasn't busy fighting Napoleon, for example. The US also expanded because of the Louisiana purchase from Napoleon, which may have fueled manifest destiny.
No mention of the fact the the new independent now catholic Mexico abolished slavery which is why the protestant landowners in Texas sought to declare independence from Mexico to preserve their economic control of their slaves. This is why the protestant landowners in Texas sought the help of the newly established and protestant USA who were heavily reliant on their slaves to sustain their biggest cash crop - COTTON!.
oh you made several mistakes minutes away from your video, I have to sleep but I will com back to edit this comment, new spain was never a colony, it was a viceroyalry, far different from a mere colony.
I would not add anything before conquest to the history of Mexico. That was not Mexico. Even the times in which the land was under Spanish rule, it was not Mexico. Mexico exists since it became a nation.
Ok, but that would like teaching US history and not talking about the people who settled in the Americas first, or what life was like living under British rule, or teaching why the Americans rebelled. You need to know the history of the country before it was founded to know why it was founded.
@@BuckClucks Why would 1st nations ppl revolt aganist the brittish crown?- yeah you dont need that. Well he did a poor job of differentiating between New Spain and the instantaneous s#it Mexico...
Sadly the mexican empire never deserved to exist in the first place due to disunity, lack of government direction, corruption, betrayal and enemies within their own country. There is a mexican exclusive saying, 'A mexicans worst enemy is another mexican'. I agree 100% when I migrated and lived in Mexico for a couple of years there.
@@TrancymindNot true. Mexico would not be able to be what it is if it was so horrible. A G20 and OECD member country and 13th richest in the world of 195 countries. Just keep those views to yourself
@@S.M.Mer013th richest country in the world and yet still not a first world country whatsoever. How do we know? When you see millions of them crossing illegally to the US for better opportunities. That's how. I lived in Mexico for 3 years as a foreigner and weighed only 40 pounds as a 10 year old boy when finally my mother had enough living there and we decided to leave my mexican father and his country for good in secret. We never looked back ever since 34 years ago.
Correction, in the Hispanoamerican countries that revolted were lead by a small creole elite who wanted to use the opportunity to gain more power, in fact the most loyalists were the native americans and mestizo populations
No, no, no, Hidalgo didn't attempt to flee into the "United States," he retreated north towards New Spain's sparsely populated northern territories which still hadn't been invaded and stolen by the United States. Don't whitewash your country's imperialism gringo! LOL
Also Mexico City used to be in the middle of lake texcoco and when the Spaniards were driven out of the city they were pushed into the lake and because of their exhaustion and heavy plate armor up to 75% of them drowned trying to swim to safety.
I quite like this channel, but in this case I see a few historical mistakes: New Spain Viceroyalty did not reach down to Perú (Come on!). Many of today's Central American countries were counquered even decades after, e.g. Costa Rica was finally conquered in the 1560's. At least, I do really appreciate this video does not leverage on the worng historical interpreation that all Central American joined the "´puppet" 1st mexican "empire".
There are some inaccuracies, especially the fact that they were not colonized, but conquered. The Spaniards did not massacre the natives, in fact they intermarried with them and that is where mestizaje came from.
Archaeologists don’t really think that the Aztecs thought the Spaniards were gods anymore there’s not really any evidence to support that they actually thought that
While there are several inaccuracies in this video, I think the main takeaway should be the evils of European settler colonizer mentality and their unquenchable thirst for land, power and indigenous blood, of which they were (& likely still ARE, yet hide) willing to do unspeakable things to acquire.
@@KrazyMexikan good point. I agree that our involvement has never been healthy. However, your economy fully needs the US. With all this new money coming in and our new trade agreements will you stand up against your drug-driven, corrupt government? Or, should I call your government elected the cartel? You can't even claim your avocado businesses for example-all run by the cartel. You are owned by corruption. Look at your deficiencies in infrastructure, education, research, and justice, as well as poor development of business credit. Get your chit in line. Start standing up for what is right.
@@talitali48 lol mexico started the war 🤣 uncle sam's propaganda. So if someone started a war we justify taking their original territory? Just like how the 13 colonied got into native american lands?
6:45 This video is so inaccurate. You forgot to mention the African slaves the Spanish brought from Africa to Mexico. 5000 African slaves came to Mexico and you forgot to mention Mexico’s black president Vicente Guerrero.
@@Thehabanero_ my best friend Javier is an Afro Mexican. Born and raised. When Americans hear him speak it shocks them because they’re not used to seeing by someone who’s black from Mexico.
Every time I see a documentary about Mexico, the history of their northern and southern most regions is always left out. Besides the Alamo battle and Texas war of independence, nothing else is mentioned about the territories that eventually joined the U.S. As for the southern region, Central America down to the northern most part of South America was part of Mexico. The countries we now know as Guatemala, Belize. Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Northern Peru, and parts of Guyana and Brasil were part of Mexico. Yet, this is never mentioned.
The Reason why France invaded Mexico was because Russia sent their Navy to San Francisco and New York when England and France were just about to enter the war on the side of the Confederates since London created the Confederates. France was already in Mexico making a spear head movement to resupply the Confederates and to open up a Pacific Theatre and to create a port in California. England already amassed 11,000 troops and growing stationed at their Northern Confederacies border now called Canada ready to open a Northern Theatre to divert Union troops away from their Southern Confederacy then to attack The Unions naval blockade. The Union would have been completely destroyed and annexed by those two great powers leaving the Confederates to exist as either a puppet state of London or to be fully brought back into the fold of the British Empire. London was already courting (threatening/bribing) other countries to get involved like Spain while Russia was in talks with Prussia to ally with incase London was to intervene. Seeing all of this Tsar Alexander II wrote a letter to Queen Victoria saying “If you enter in this war it will be a casus belli for all out war with the Russian Empire”. The stage was set for the 1st World War and Russia stopped it. There is also a memorial in San Francisco for the hundreds of Russian sailors who came off their Asiatic fleet ships that died while helping the city put out a fire that threatened to lay waste to it during the War.
The Russian fleet also threatened to Shell Australian ports along with other British Pacific Colonies if Britain aided the Confederates. A confederate war ship spent a lot of time in Australian waters and was supported by the Australian public, some even signing on as crew members. This Confederate war ship laid waist to the US Pacific whaling fleet and is reported to have fired the last shot in the war Russia also helped Thailand (Kingdom of Siam) maintain its sovereignty from being completely Partitioned/Annexed from the British and French around the same time. The very word Thai (ไทย) means 'free man' in the Thai language which is partially to thank to the Russians as they might have ended up being a colony or part of another country/colony if not for their intervention.
@@howiehall4622 I apologize I did not word it right. Russia was the reason why France stopped at the border and did not progress not why they invaded. France invaded Mexico in 61 while Russia sent their navy during the unions most desperate time of the war which was 63.
@@howiehall4622 Also for a little more Context: The British (City of London) are the ones who created our divide in the first place to put brother against brother. After the war Lincoln wanted to rebuild the South and had plans to do so. He and half his Cabinet were assassinated by London. Many of the others that survived had multiple assassination attempts on them especially William Seward who had around a dozen or so, a few almost killing him. Most of the Confederate Operations for the Civil War and post war plans and assassinations were made in London and then sent to Montreal a hub for spies and intel in the Americas for the British Empire then passed through to Confederate President Jefferson Davis to follow the orders. Many of the South's own leaders were selling out the South to British interest even General Lee. Unfortunately London had many of their Tentacles and Webs on both sides. Lincoln stated that the Department Of State is completely controlled by British Interest that he had to constantly fight against. It was in the 1870s that a Paradigm Shift happened were the British took control within the Reunited States through subversion (which was easier to do now as their agents were brought back into the Union and many of their opponents assassinated) and have had it all the way up to this day. Some presidents fought against it like Garfield, McKinley, Harding, Roosevelt, and Kennedy and all were killed.
The use of the word “Spaniards” should be “Spanish” so many times in this video , that I couldn’t finish it What is this fixation of the word “Spaniard”
Mexico had a big debt with Spain France and England when Benito Juarez became president settled the debt but France wanted to dominate Mexico and it didn't invaded once but twice due to that exhausting war between France and Spain US found an opportunity to provoked under James Polk another war which caused Mexico to loose their terretories from California all the way through Wyoming but of course most of the history books won't mention that since it's an embarrassment to the US
President Santa Anas big ego is what triggered to lose mexican territory in the first place as well as the massacres towards the americans in Texas. Santa Ana was also a pedophile who would marry a 16 year old rich girl while he was in his 50's in order to get more money for himself for power. To this day, mexicans hate Santa Ana way more than Polk. Santa Ana betrayed Spain as well as Mexico. No wonder he died in poverty in Cuba in exile while the mexicans burned down Santa Anas museum that had his amputated arm skeleton on display in Mexico City.
Everyone should thank the texans for the West. The worst decision by Mexico was renting out that land, but it was perfect timing for the united States as mexico was going through transitions of power.
