@@chippong497 Well it depends on who you ask. Although independently of that it's normal some people support their governor and others are against it. But as I see it this president has had so much support as compared with others. I personally think he is doing a good job and cares for it's people.
@John Newman every country in the world has corruption, but Mexico tops it off, the level of corruption is astronomical compared to the rest of the world, even with these new idiot president that we have it's not going to change, if anything Mexico is doing worst now, over 50% of its people living in poverty when it was promised by this stupid president that he's priority was going to be the poor, once he came into power he forgot all the promises he made, and went nuclear with projects that are costing extreme amounts of money to the people
Is justified. In DR, my history teacher described the Guadalupe treaty as Mexico selling all states at the north of rio Bravo [a precio de vaca muerta] because Mexico was unable to really defend anything there at this point and they got some kind of compensation, which didn't do it any better, which is like being forced to sell your house for whatever the bank says is OK and you have to agree
@@moya036 Exactly, the reason why they didnt annex all of Mexico was because we had a larger population of Mestizos than white people overall (and to this day that is still the case) and they didnt want to upset the demographics in the US by taking in a lot of non white citizens.
Every 5 minutes in history:"so first we were doing great, then we lost it all then we came back as a bigger empire then lost the southern portion, then we lost half of our territory, civil war later France came a knocking but we won at Puebla stopping their 50 year winning streak, then we lost, then we beat them, had another civil war, dealt with that, had a Zapatista uprising from natives, dealt with that, and now were in a war with cartels.......any questions?"
Huh, no. The Aztec civilization was doing what? Remind me? Oh yeah, never ending war to its countless neighbours, absorbing (and sacrificing) them one by one. Conclusion: in-fighting in the region was the default state. It actually means that european powers utterly failed to unify these lands or even federalize them, and instead added insult to injury. They did bring reach to metal resources and craftsmanship to use them that the Mexica did not previously have access, however, alongside western science. But it came with a price: Christianity (not that Christianity is any worse than the previous religions though, but one can't really say it's any better either).
"History summarize: Mexico" Me, a mexican who had to go through this learning torture and can hardly remember half of the information: I pray for you güero
common folks man i have a degree in history, also, let's talk about paying attention! oh, it seems like YOU didn't pay attention to your grammar classes, your=possessive, you're=you+are. please, don't start assuming things and insulting, have a nice day, and keep your mind focused on your classes. you're awesome!
common folks ok, i think we're mixing stuff, first, i said 'have a nice day' as a compliment. i did never tried to say it like a sarcastic comment, even though the aspect of my comment is sort of sarcastic, so i get your 'point'. also, why 'bitch'? i'm always open to a polite discussion, i'd really like to answer your comebacks, always with the respect we both are meant to have. next, i'm mexican, i live here in mexico, and if you want to, we can start talking in spanish. i think that having a basic notion of grammar is better, than committing this kind of basic mistakes. i apoloise for the mean treatment i gave you first, and if you wish, we can have a healthy and reasonable debate.
@@MrFreakHeavy and right now we have an economic decline because our president doesn't know how economy works and is one of those guys that think capitalism is the spawn of satan and socialism is the way to go
@@maxpachec1688 it was kind of brief tho. It ended when Mexico abandoned their focus on agriculture to try becoming a provider oil, thinking that that alone would keep them afloat when in truth it didn't
Hell yea! Southern Mexico has had a super interesting history. It held out the longest against the spanish and has been a constant thorn in the side of whoever ruled Mexico. Even today indigenous peoples stick have their own thing.
Mexico is a really cool country, hard to believe that the Chicxulub impact crater that killed all the dinosaurs is located underneath the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico.
Qué Viva Mexico. Also fun fact when the Spaniards asked what rivers and places are called, the Mayas answered “Yucatán” which means “I’m not from here” or “I don’t know what ur saying.” That’s why there’s like 100 Yucatán rivers/towns/states...
Specifically, "ma'anaatik ka t'ann" means "I don't know what you're saying" in Maya. HOWEVER! It's also possible they were saying "yokat'an", which means "people that speak Yoko". Yoko is a Mayan dialect local to that area.
Which is odd because as far as I know, we are the only country that celebrates the beginning of the Independence Movement and not the consummation of it. Go figure 🤔
I know you're joking, but it's pretty easy, if dangerous. Just attach several small pieces around the edge of a paddle or an oar. If they break off, they're easy to replace in the region... and that enemy they're lodged in is going to have bad time. An entire blade of obsidian... very difficult. While it would cut quite well or tear someone up pretty bad, it's also liable to breaking. Obsidian is actually quite fragile, unlike Minecraft's nigh indestructible rock.
@Bthsr71 An obsidian sword would be incredibly difficult to make, but I had the pleasure of looking closely and taking a beautiful obsidian knife, it was beautifully carved, perhaps it was a knife with religious intentions. The funny thing is that a priest had it.
Aztec Civilization: *Exists* Hernan Cortes: ¿ D O N D E E S T A E L D O R A D O ? Edit: I think this is the most likes I’ve ever gotten and in only a bit over 24 hours! Thank you all so much!
@@2Potates castbox.fm/vb/38201921 Basically if you go the time here is 9 hours of Aztecs getting destroyed by Cortez when they could have killed him multiple times.
As Mexican myself: Mexico comes from Metztli "moon",Xictli "center,or even belly button" y Co (a suffix). That can be translated to "center of the world" or "center of the moon". Also the "x" is meant to be pronounced as "sh" but thanks to Spain it has a different sound now days. Fun crazy fact: Santa Anna lost one of his legs during the First French Intervention better known as The Pastry War. This leg *got its own funeral.* And Mexico as a whole agrees the man was probably not sane at all and nobody will find a way to put him in a good light.
Mexico's anthem was actually full of lyrics proclaiming Santa Anna to be the best thing that ever happened. Then we lost Texas... Threw those lyrics right up his- Yeah
It's also one of the most belic (bloody, in favor of war) hymns of almost any country (said my mexican history teacher). Considering that we have almost never started a war (arguably never, I think the US declared war on us)... all our wars are internal... including now a days.
@@gunarsmiezis9321 The US-Americans have more control over their supposedly "sovereign" states than Mexico ever had, tho. The US has a burgeoning police state, after all. Not as developed as Britain or _especially_ China, but it's been growing quickly since Bush.
*Santa Anna after losing a battle in 18 minutes to Texas **_and_** getting captured:* Wait, how did this happen? I'm smarter than this! *Literally everybody else:* Apparently not.
The U.S. caught him off guard and he didnt expect them to attack from high ground.....which was a really stupid thing to do, and hebmight have had less trouble if he hadn't retreated early in the prior battle that he was winning
@Connor Marlow Yeah, tho Santa Anna "recognized" Texas' independence, when Texas decided to become part of the USA, Santa Anna claimed to his people that he didn't do it because he was forced to, and decided to fight against USA to regain it back, completely disregarding the fact most of their weapons were provided by them and USA was much militarily prepared than them. This lead to Santa Anna having to sell a portion of the country to USA after losing war, which happened to have gold in it
I'm Irish, met a Mexican in Portugal and it was a surreal experience for me. Mexican people are very passionate in how they express their words and stories. In Ireland, we are much the same. But this guy took it to a whole other level. Macho culture and the promiscuity of the women because of their confidence. I really hope to go to Mexico some day and learn about the culture, cuisine and social structures of the country. And the beer, too. Oh yes, the feckin beer.
Your welcome anytime. Oh and look up Saint Patrick's battalion. That's when your ancestors join forces with my ancestors during the Mexican American war. They are remembered very fondly in Mexico.
@@m0onm0th its just perspective and personal experience, i also know about the down fall and craziness that alcohol can cause, but personally i have always had very positive experiences with drinking, i always take precautions before drinking. Remember, drink as much as you can handle. Anyway, its your path and you decide what to do with your life. Cheers!
Spain: We're gonna milk this thing for all it's worth. Aztecs: YOU'LL BE SORRY!!!! (Later) Spain: OH NO OUR ECONOMY IS INFLATED! Aztecs: *Slowly dying of smallpox* ...With my last breath... I spit at thee...
The “they wanted to bring more freedom” is highly arguable. I mean highly. They wanted to bring slaves to Mexico when Mexico had outlawed it years prior.
As a mexicana, I can confirm. I truly love the conclusion: México has always been a mess from minute One, especially on politics(still is ir you ask me) , but man, a beautiful mess it is. Viva México Cabrones!!!!!
“Beautiful mess” huh you should watch how the cartels kill their enemies and innocent people then come back and tell me it’s a beautiful mess. Mexico’s number one problem are the cartels and those people aren’t friendly at all, they invade politics and mess with peoples lives. I don’t see how they aren’t labeled a terrorist organizations by the US. Although I don’t really agree with this method I think it’s one of the best ways to get rid of them and that’s to send in US Troops to start gaining back control.
@@Noface678 Its not like an everyday thing, like i live in tijuana which is considered one of the "most dangerous places" but its just like a normal day everyday like nobodys walking with guns or stuff, sure there are a few bad things happening but i'm like 13 and walk around by myself or with cousins its a nice place, neigbors are nice. People just say its to dangerous, like someone i know (hes white and heard some stuff about tijuana and was scared) He stayed a couple weeks..He loved it he said "i thought it would be like the news" but it wasn't it was nice and he comes over here every month.
We need each other. US can't let Mexico get too powerful so that we can compete in the hegemony on central and south america, but they can't let us get too weak so we start seeking other Powers like Russia or China more. at the same time, Mexico functions like a net to not get too many migrants from central america and for a lot of produce things. And the cultural war we have been waging for decades is one of the more interestings in the world.
@@vipertooth123 o nos podemos dejar de gilipolleces de una puta vez, unirnos los hispanos de una vez y crear nuestra esfera de influencia en el mundo, en vez de tanta bobería con los guiris.
@Mostacho 1818 xD ni siquiera he salido de Mexico jajajajajaja. Soy de monterrey, compa, es la primera vez que alguien me dice eso jajajajajaja no se si sentirme atacado o que pedo.
This is kind of late, but it frustrates me that Blue never mentioned that one of the motivations behind the Texan war for independence was many of the Texans wanted to keep slaves and slavery had been abolished in Mexico
@Reg Eric ?? Did you not watch the video? "Mexico didn't exist yet" Not sure what you are trying to say. Obviously, Mexico has a pretty deep history. Are you saying the history is irrelevant until it was labeled Mexico? that's like saying thanksgiving is irrelevant, we weren't the united states yet. Yet we do celebrate that history dont we? With thanksgivings day etc. Not sure how it didn't exist yet in your mind. What we call a country doesn't change what happened there. How were there ancient civilizations aqueducts and pyramids then? It didn't just pop out of nowhere lol. I'm not sure I can think of any civilizations that don't have a rich history.
Orlando Gondar mexico never was colonized because mexico didn’t exist. The Aztecs aren’t mexico, Mexico was named Mexico by Agustin inturbide the first mexican emperor.
@@elpidiovillarreal6246 Mexico come from the word Mexica , their Capital was Mexico - Tenochtitlan, so yeah that name Mexico has been around 700 years.
Omar Noyola wtf does that have to do with the nation of Mexico, the mexica aren’t Mexico. Just because the nation adopted the name Mexico after the mexica doesn’t mean that they were literally the mexica. Mexico was literally created and named by a white Mexican who was Agustin de inturbide. Mexico was actually going to be named Anahuac, the emperor of Mexico like the name Mexico instead. Before independence the region was new Spain and before that the modern day Mexico was filled with thousands of tribes. How the fuck did Mexico exist for 700 years, if the people and culture changed drastically.
yeah. It could even require 2 parts to explain all the fuckery that happened in that event, one that some would say should have reasonably ended much earlier than it did
Iturbide: *becomes emperor* Me, a mexican who already read the manga: yeah, don't get too attached. *a minute later* And Santa An- Me: oh f*ck this is when sh*t goes down the drain real fast
@@eldelostacos9980 yeah, it was part of Huerta's plan to legitimately become a president after he and his group assassinated Madero and his vice president
Another curious fact: Pedro Lascuráin (the president of 45 minutes) ironically was the second oldest president in the history of Mexico died at the age of 92 in 1952 (he was born in 1856) and is only surpassed by Luis Echeverría (100 years )
Nice Video! Just one thing, here in Mexico we don't celebrate "Cinco de Mayo", it's actually a Chicano symbol, I don't really know why it is such a big deal for them, but, here, "15 de Septiembre" or "Grito de Dolores" is the big spectacle.
Simple: Because Fuck Colonization. But yeah Cinco de Mayo started mainly as a local celebration in Puebla. It's been coopted by whites to justify debauchery (which honestly why not) and by US born Mexicans as a way to either join that debauchery, or celebrate a victory over European colonialism.
Many Mexican-Americans and Chicanos joined the Union during the Civil War, and saw Confederate efforts to expand slavery into California and Nevada as threats against their way of life, furthermore these Chicanos were sending money and support to the Mexican Repulicans fighting in Puebla, so when the Mexicans won against the French in Puebla, the Chicanos took credit for it and used to push for more recuriting in the Civil War.
Well, Grito de Dolores technically happens in September 16, just when the clock hits 0:00. We celebrate it a day early because one of our presidents, the infamous Porfirio Diaz, had a birthday the day before the event and decided everyone should celebrate both things the same day
Fun fact: Mexico's flag was created waaaay earlier than Italy's. Actually, no country copied one another, it was just a coincidence that the flags look very similar.
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A lot of people are criticizing Blue for not going after 1945 but to be fair the Mexican education system does the exact same. Like we just go from Mexico in WW2 and then skip to world history. Mexican Government: The 60s? Who dat?? Never heard of her
@@HelderGriff TL;DR: Governments were too embarrassed of their blunders, so they don't teach about them The late 60s saw increased speech repression from the single-party state (not mentioned in this video) culminating in the 1968 massacre of student demonstrators at the hands of the army only 10 days before the opening of the Mexico City Olympics. Think "Kent State shooting, but 1000x worse." For /reasons/, this event was downplayed for decades until the current administration, which seeks to distance itself from its predecessors by acknowledging and mourning those killed that day. In fact, the current administration is the first to put that massacre in all of its misery in elementary school textbooks. Make of that what you will. As for the "Mexican Miracle," it was a 30-year period of high economic growth spurred by rising oil prices and discoveries of off-shore deposits, with estimates for even larger undiscovered reserves. With all this capital and hopeful promises, the government began a period of high spending and borrowing. When Latin America's economy crashed in the 70s-80s, Mexico took a big dive, and found that those hopeful promises of BIG OIL were waaaaay overblown. As a result, Mexico's currency tumbled, leading to widespread financial panic for next decade. In the early 90s, the economy was starting to get a tiny bit better but with no real improvement felt by the people. The US convinced Mexico to join it and Canada in this super radical and wicked cool concept of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). It promised that by diversifying Mexico's economy and opening the country up to American and Canadian goods, Mexicans would be able to buy things at a cheaper price as well as seeing an influx of new jobs. The government jumped at the opportunity (totally not to distract from the increasing poverty and financial instability), and signed. This NAFTA did not sit well with the agricultural sector and indigenous populations, who now had to compete with subsidized American farms. They saw the writing on the wall, and another financial crisis and yet another currency devaluation happened. A group of Mayas in the southern state of Chiapas declared a state of revolution and tried to rise in arms. That failed, because everyone was worried about their salaries becoming less and less valuable by the day. As the 90s came to a close, the economy began to stabilize but poverty and migration was still a big problem. The 2000 election brought the end of single-party rule and the right-wing party took over. It made some attempts at social programs, but corruption was so ignored that it lost a lot of popularity. The 2006 election saw a highly controversial right-wing victory (less than 1% difference), and totally not to distract from the allegations of electoral fraud and rising tensions, the new administration saw fit to join the US in a war... the Drug War. I don't think I need to expand on how that went. The 2012 election brought the return of the old party that made Mexico into a single-party state for 71 years (1929-2000). It promised to fix the sins of the right-wing. A reduction in violence brought on by the hasty decision to declare a mismanaged Drug War, financial stability through the privatization of state companies, an end to corruption via a raise in salaries. It failed on everything. Violence skyrocketed, privatization led to another currency devaluation, and corruption went up because only the salaries of high-level politicians rose (including the president's). That administration finished its term in 2018 with a disapproval rating of almost 80% -- the worst in a generation. The 2018 election saw the rise of the first left-wing president in almost 100 years. He started his government riding on a high of full mandate (high turnout, a 2-to-1 victory over the runner-up, and A LOT of campaign promises.) Over the past year, a lot of those campaign promises have been kept, and a lot of them have not. Of those not kept, some proved to be much more difficult than expected, and some have been practically lost forever because of the new president's infamous lack of tact and skill in making enemies out of potential friends in the media and business sectors. He's gone from an incoming approval rating of 77% (Dec 2018), to a rise to 83% (Feb 2019), to a sharp fall to 66% (Jun 2019), and now -- at his first annual Government Report (equivalent of a SOTU address) -- has settled to 62% (Sep 2019.) We'll see what the future holds for Mexico. Edit: At the end of October 2019, his approval rating has risen to 78% despite the recent blunders in failing to capture El Chapo's son, and constant defense of his "right to reply" (basically telling the media off whenever he doesn't like what they say).
some inaccuracies: The independence movement was actually a result of José Bonaparte being placed as the ruler in Spain, they said that he neglected the colonies, so he the mexican elites had the idea to succeed from Spain and then get Fernando IV (the king from Spain who had been dethroned) to come and govern Mexico, but he actually said no thank you. Still in Mexico they continued with planning the revolution. Texas didn't join the US just like that, they first said that they would separate from Mexico and become and independent state, for that to happen they needed to be recognized by another country. That didn't happen, and between them seceding from Mexico and become an independent state, the US offered to become part of them. After Porfirio Díaz was ousted, Francisco I. Madero became president (by election), he was respected almost by everyone and even though people were still fighting he began as a stable government. His mistake was putting people from Porfirio Díaz regime in the government, he said that it was a symbol of reconciliation, but other leaders didn't like it.
07:01 They were asking to keep slavery legal dude, mexico had already banned all sales and purchases of slaves by 1823. That was the provincial representation they wanted :V
Stop trying to romanticise the Mexican empire. It was still a racially Stratified dictatorship which favoured the white crillolo at the top. Yes the right to slavery was a factor, but the Mexican dictatorship was squashing numerous other rights as well. The natives who lived in Texas certainly weren’t sad to see the Mexicans leave, hence why they sided with the Texan settlers during the revolution.
@@LouisKing995 Fun fact: Santa Anna rose to power because he lead the army that overthrew the First Mexican Empire in 1823. What empire are you talking about son? Santa Anna wasn't even a dictator during the Texan Revolution, he declared himself "Dictator-for-Life" in 1853, so your choice of words is a bit off. I'm sure the Texans and the natives had their lots of reasons, but denying the relevance of slavery is just naive kid. Let me give a piece of advice, stop trying romanticize slavery as "state rights"
Turrosky I’m not denying the relevance of slavery (though the number of plantations in Texas at that time was very small) , but I think it’s quite telling that the true natives of Texas chose to side with the gringos against the Imperial Mexican oppressors. Don’t you? Own your authoritarian colonial history. And Santa Anna rulled as a dictator regardless of what he called himself.
Trajan Santa Anna, despite being elected president 11 times (5 or 6 depending on who you ask) was only in power for about 6 years. Although he has always an important political and military figure, he wasn’t always in power.
Everyone: the Aztecs dominated the region until the Spaniards came along Purepecha (Tarascans), who held up Aztec expansion the whole time before: what are we, chopped hígado? Love this episode tho. Now do one on focused on the Mexican Revolution.
O imagen that I want a shot of villa laughting his ass of in his cave. Supper imposing shots of Of general pershing is tearing up the north trying to find him. American papers reporting on his crimes. And the now president yelling at the us abasador. ARMS EMBARGO!?
@@vipertooth123 Its basically "modern" Game of Thrones, but instead of noble houses, there are political/social parties and some guys going to the USA and wrecking havoc causw they want to.
As a Mexican, this is very well done but it has a few mistakes: 1) Cortés didn’t burn the ships (well not all of them) he dismantled them to create a camp. 2) How we lost all the northern territories to the gringos is very complex: Some were sold because the government was broke, some were given as war payment, some were sold under threat of war and Texas is a unique case just like you narrated. 3) The castas system had more levels, africans were last for example, the whole list was like 8 levels. Very nice video otherwise! And thank you for clarifying what 5 de Mayo is about! Viva México!!
I think it's a copout to call it a "casta" system cause it makes it a unique problem to one country and others the word when it's legit just a caste system, like call it what it is. Africans were at the bottom being slaves, the Spaniards were at the top cause they invented the system, and a mix was in between. I'm pretty sure it's more like 12 casts cause there's a lot of mixes that can happen between these three groups. :p
Fernando Vll got rid of his father Charles the fourth and got betray by Napoleon whose brother became king Jospeh the first of spain until he fled back to France after the British defeated his brother.
Actually the “war of independence” started to defend Fernando VII, Hidalgo actually said in his grito that Mexicans had to fight for him and defend him. They didn’t want full independence, just partial autonomy
JohnnyElRed well but I blame your stupid monarchy bc they destroyed our beautiful city and genuine manuscripts and more. Y’all stole the most precious things
Funnily enough, Hidalgo was a loyalist that wanted independence from the regional government and wanted Fernando VII directly govern Mexico. His call to arms was "¡Viva nuestra madre santísima de Guadalupe!, ¡viva Fernando VII y muera el mal gobierno!"
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@@jjgf8412 Es un tema demasiado complejo que se tiene que debatir con cuidado, y que ni de broma puede ser tratado en términos de blanco y negro. Por algo hoy en día los académicos se siguen pegando por ese tema xD
@@eirianstarlesschild521 por eso te digo,soy canario asi que aqui es un poco de lo mismo, los españoles conquistaron esto,bueno o malo simplemente pasó.Lo que no me gusta es como se lee tanto victimismo desde América Latina de "los españoles nos hicieron esto o aquello" como si los españoles fueran unos seres ajenos a ellos,los españoles que fueron a america la mayoria se quedó y formó lo que es ahora la población local , entiendes lo que quiero decir? Como que alli se ha tocado la conquista como un ellos vs nosotros cuando es más bien un "movida de nuestros antepasados". Así tocamos la conquista española en Canarias,como algo histórico. Nada un saludo muy fuerte desde el otro lado del charco pero no en Europa jajajajajajaja
@@jjgf8412 Lo mismo pienso, como mexicano, de todo el drama antiespañolista victimizante. Se les olvida que el país( que no era un país todavía) era mucho más estable cuando era territorio español y que Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, (considerado el lider del movimiento independentista y "Padre de la Patria") en realidad en un principio buscaba la restauración del trono español durante la intervención napoleónica.
Jj Gf aquí hay muchos blancos q descienden de españoles y discriminan, muchos mestizos que se victimizan y agradecen la mezcla, y indígenas que son los más afectados q son odiados por los mismos mexicanos en persona. Simplemente no se puede hablar de esto porque hay muchos que opinan y con mucha razón. Un mexicano blanco te dirá yo estoy feliz SÚPER feliz, el mexicano mestizo es el q te dices tú q te imaginas y el nativo indígena con su lengua y cultura, casi no toca estos tomas pues ya mucho han tenido. Como ves todos estos tienen razón en lo q dirán. En canarias px ya no hay indígenas pero aquí si hay todavía.
Believe it or not, the spanish king didn't want natives to suffer or be a lower class, the atrocities were made mainly by spanish people who had been born and raised in the viceroyalties already, with the superiority complex, who by doing this, they were ignoring the king's laws and rules......but since spain was in other continent and an ocean separated both territories, no spanish king knew about this
The spanish QUEEN Isabella didnt want natives to suffer. However, genocide started already under Columbus, with some half the people dying in the first three years on Hispaniola. He demanded the natives to pay tax in gold, gold the island didnt really have in quantity, but which was traded from mainland. People still tried and did get the gold from streams, but that was not mining, a limited resource getting more rare the more people took it. Those who did not pay were tortured, often to death as a threat to others. Those who had gold, had to work full days just finding it, and they starved to death as they could not spend their time producing food. In desperation, whole families committed group suicides. Of course, this was some 30000 people or so, so yes, most of the atrocities were committed later. The king knew, and Columbus was stripped of his ranks in a practical sense, though not in name. Even a king cannot easily go back in on his promises. Columbus had to do some actual penance to even talk to the king. However, the kingdom was poor. Literally poor, the king and queen had at times had to live as guests to lesser nobles, and the debts were enormous because there had been a war for hundreds of years. The gold was welcome. They were so poor, that they never actually paid for the ships. Columbus's ships were paid by a city council as a fine for breaking some law. So, the king set up new viceroys, who broke the laws, but they came back rich, were probably punished too, but lightly, because they also brought back taxes honestly, built churches and were much better at explanations than Columbus, who first, believed he was a chosen of God and everything he did was OK because he would get enough gold to go crusading and clean his soul by taking Jerusalem. Secondly, he didnt really hide his deeds because he was a SOB and thirdly his men told his every misdeed to the King, because they didnt get a proper share of gold, and because he was an SOB. Later, viceroys were nicer to their subordinates and there just werent so much court cases. You see, a king is not a tyrant. You need a court case, evidence, witnesses.... with so much gold, everyone was happy. Except the natives, but they could not take things to court, could they now. So, after a while, everyone knew. Bit like everyone knows that national socialist ideologies are becoming mainstream in modern world, and some people dont care, some people think theres nothing that can be done about it because its becoming mainstream and some people think that theres nothing really wrong about that. Anyway, politics are complicated, and there are always more factors to consider, no matter how many ways you do. One thing remains constant though. Kings have a habit of hearing about things, because all information funnels up the pyramid sooner or later.
Obviously given the times there's going to be a caste system in place, the Spanish had just had the reconquista. The encomienda was really not a bad system compared to the English and French treatment of native people, however the criollos and the landowners of New Spain did not care about anything they just wanted money.
When I was younger, I used to go the park where the statue of Hernán Cortés was placed, and I just remembered how much I loved climbing that thing. Usually there were a lot of cats under/behind it, too. I also remembered that I didn't even knew that was supposed to be Cortés, I just liked riding the lion (I was like 6) Also also, my favorite historical character is Morelos, and l love the fact that, Mexico was to be a free country, no slavery, from the very beginning. Also also also, since I was a kid I loved that Guillermo Prieto saved Benito Juárez once just with his iconic ( for me at least) "Alto, los valientes no asesinan!" Also also also also, I sooo agree with all those other comments; history was the worst. Because since the very beginning it was killing for the power (we often joked about it in my class) the people in the power changed a lot, and that meant MORE names to memorize.
Interesting facts about Mexico (this is gonna be long): -Miguel Hidalgo started the Independence, because he didn't recognized Napoleon's brother as the King of Spain. He wanted an Independence from Spain, so when real King returned, New Spain would rejoin. -Vicente Guerrero wanted a democracy, didn't care how. Iturbide knew that if this war continued, New Spain would loose and become a Republic. So, he made a deal with Guerrero, New Spain would become a Parliamentarian Monarchy; and so Guerrero accepted. - Iturbide didn't want to be the Emperor, his idea was to recruit a European noble house to secure the legitimacy of the crown. But being allied with Mexico, meant being enemy of Spain, and no one was going to take their chances against the most powerful kingdom in the known world. -Iturbide dissolved the Parliament after finding out they were planning to kidnap him. This started a minor armed conflict between Guerrero and the Emperor. The Emperor later decided to restore the Parliament and sign his abdication because of this conflict. The Parliament rejected said abdication, stating that recognizing it, would recognize the Empire as legitimate. Guerrero was outraged because not recognizing the Empire, was not recognizing the Constitution, the Parliament, and the Independence. They didn't care and exiled the Royal Family. Then, they made a trial after the Emperor left, in which they sentenced Agustín I to death if he returned. No one knew about this trial until the Emperor returned and was executed. -Guerrero became the second President of Mexico, he abolished the slavery, and was seen as an idol by the natives. The Congress didn't like him and planned to kidnap him. Guerrero found out and escaped with an army. He later was kidnap him by a merchant paid by the Congress, and later executed. -Many members of Congress and former members banished when Santa Anna became President. All those members were involved in the execution of Iturbide and Guerrero. Because Itubide was Santa Anna's idol, and Guerrero was his old mentor. -Porfirio Díaz was leading the vanguard during the Battle of Puebla. -Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, tried really hard to be part of the Mexican people, and feel worthy of the throne. He even applied many liberal ideas in his Constitution, and married a member of the House of Iturbide. His last words were "¡Viva México, y viva la Independencia!" -In 1917, President Carranza told General Álvaro Obregón to make him the New Constitution in by any means necessary. The General, took hostage of all the senators and had them trapped inside a theater, they would be allowed to leave when the Constitution was finished. -General Obregón was also known as the man who took down Pancho Villa. He was murdered by a cartoonist in a restaurant before he could start his second presidency. -There has never been a real election in the history of Mexico, you could even be skeptical about the ones of this century. -All of the Independence heroes were executed by the active government. And all of the Revolution heroes were assassinated by their rivals by the end of the Revolution. -The Royal House of Iturbide exists to this date. It's located in Hungary.
An important point that was glossed over, Mexico has never had legal slavery, since it's inception everyone in Mexico has been free, which is the biggest obstacle in the integration of the American people in the north, and the thing that would bite the US in the ass ~25 years later and continue today.
@@timvanrijn8239 read what I said. MEXICO has never had legal slavery. New Spain had encomiendas, Mexico, since it's independence didn't. That is one of the most important things the independece movement fought for.
Mexican history reminds me a lot of the Byzantines in the fact that they’ve been in a constant death spiral for their entire existence, but keep not dying
I’m kinda Mexican because I got pure Hispanic blood I think cause I don’t know my father but I was born in America but still I’m proud of my Mexican blood
Thank you for actually distinguishing the Tlaxcalteca as an independent culture from the Aztec, as a Mexican-American hailing from Tlaxcala it gets quite irritating to have to explain that, "no, they were not part of the Aztec empire, so no, they were not traitors."
Hola mi amigos from the southern border! Native Texan here! Love you guys and y'all's history! So all I'm ganna say is this, "Iiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaayaaayaaayaaaaahaaahehee! VIVA MEXICO!!!" (That was a grito, FYI)
Mexican history post independence can be summed as: "Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the United States." About the only thing Diaz was right in.
@@caolanfeely4317 how did someone phase it in university: when you look at imperial japan, keep a bucket close by because you're going need it. And I studied In Germany.
Spain, France and the Netherlands all fought against the British during the American revolution, in fact the US would have been hopeless without the support from those three, most of the Spanish soldiers were from New Spain (Mexico and Central America) attacking the british from the southwest and invading the British holdings in Central America.
@@emanuellopez1301 We Americans don't hide them we just don't remember them. All we are told is France did a le help because of historic significance or something like that. Everything else is left up to figure out on our own. Like I knew of the Dutch helping us learn military strategy, but never heard of the revolutionary war on the Spaniard side (which seems logical they helped because how close they are at the time.. looking at Florida, Texas)
@@emanuellopez1301 Guess you can blame public schools for that. They do teach us that US had allies, but other than mentioning France, history books don’t go into detail about who, and why they helped the US.
I find it weird that you just stop at 1945 but I guess if you didn't it would just end with you talking about trade relations, their place in the cold war and the fact that nowadays drug warlords that controls swathes of the country. Either not to exciting or not a very positive note to end on
Are we just going to glace over the golden era of mexican movies, televison, el chavo, pedro infante, fucking jose jose? Not All of it was bad and it was an amazing era
5:06 Some pointers, the movement didn’t started as a movement for independence. Miguel Hidalgo was a supporter of the Spanish crown, which at this point was ousted from power by Napoleon. The movement wasn’t one of independence, not formally at least, until 1813.
Compare it to Napoleon's occupation of Portugal, which resulted in the Royal Family fleeing to Brazil and reigning there. (Queen Maria was so senile that when she boarded the boat of exile she was carrying a loaf of bread that she was convinced was a treasure! Depends how hungry you are, of course...)
I would like to see a history segment on South America in general into the modern-day. If not just to actually have a channel talk about it, as a lot of stuff is happening in there in the present, and I'm really confused as to how it got to this point. Especially for Brazil, and Colombia
It's largely the most forgotten about continent when talking about the world's history, excepting antarctica. It would be nice to see what Blue thinks of the instability, revolutions, and such of the Latin American countries.
1:50 there has been a lot of academic work the last few decades that shows that armor and guns weren't likely used during early contact. The men of Cortez used political manuevering more than anything (rampaging disease aside). Also, the warm weather would not be conducive to the wearing of armor. There is a lot of history summarized here and I admire the animation. Just sharing a little specialized knowledge.
wow, as a Mexican (living and from Guadalajara) I can tell you this is surprisingly very well researched, for a short video like this. I didnt expected so much care from a a fellow gringo ;) congrats man! Whenever I have the chance to speak with US citizends when going to the beach resorts I'm surprised how little they know about our country, I wished more people from the US were properly educated on our history (at least the basics), so many cool historical places to visit outside the beach resorts, they go all the way to Europe when they can find amazing colonial architecture plus ancient pyramids and ruins just around the corner. Anyways, keep the great work amigo! (props on the pronunciations btw)
Fun fact: the term "gringo" used to refer to someone from the united states comes from the misheard and misinterpetation of the orders that were given out loud to the troops and soldiers that trained close to the borders of the country, that order being "Green, go" as refered to the color of their uniforms or maybe the new recruits(BTW sorry for my bad english)
Well, yes, that's the official-nacionalist-government approved history, but in reality thing are not that simple. Miguel Hidalgo didn't even want Mexico to be independent, that was more of a Morelos idea. Maximiliano was a more liberal ruler than Benito Juárez, that's why the conservatives stoped aiding him, that and the departure of the French army was what lead to the end of the second empire. Maximiliano's only sin was that he wasn't Mexican. The revolution was a huge mess that for the majority of it's duration didn't lead to anything, and from there things get even shadier due to corruption and greedy politicians. Yeah, USA, Spain and France have done horrible things, but Mexico has been screwed the hardest by Mexicans.
Fun Fact: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was supposed to be much harsher, with the Baja Peninsula and even most of Northern Mexico ceeded to the US. However, the American Diplomat who headed the negotiations was not as Manifest Destiny as President Polk (I think it was him) and only pushed for the bare minimum of California and Texas
Small nitpicks, but I hope that they can shed some light to the Mexican History: El Grito de Hidalgo, wasn’t really a cry of independence as it was a way for criollos to gain favoritism from the Spanish crown once they got ousted by the French, to paraphrase: “Que caiga el mal gobierno” isn’t something that means “down with the Spanish monarchy” but rather “the French should be defeated and the Spanish king be reinstated” While Iturbide was the first “Mexican” Emperor, after he got killed and “Democracy” begun it all seemed fine, that was until the second elections happened and the second president was ousted by Vicente Guerrero just out of desire to become president. Santana basically sold half of the territory after the Mexican-American war mostly to save his own ass from the US and to pay off debts made from the war. While some people were mad about Porfirio Díaz, he resigned presidency when he was defeated by Francisco I. Madero in 1911 and was exiled to Paris where he died. In 1913, during “La Decena Trágica” (the Tragic Ten Days) Victoriano Huerta stated a coup and had Madero and some of his loyalist killed, and then instated a military dictatorship. Pancho Villa started the “Revolution” to get some revenge on Huerta while Zapata basically only thought of his home town. In 1929 the Partido Revolución Nacional (PRN) (later PRI) was founded and began the “perfect dictatorship” where they ruled until 2000 with little to no opposition. In October 2nd 1968, A group of students were massacred in Tlatelolco because they wanted change, this is a big part in history that a lot of people try to forget and cover up. Today, 5 years ago, we saw another form of heavy corruption in Mexican government with the disappearance of 43 students of Ayotzinapa as cartels and authorities helped gun down and kill these students while the government covered it up.
@@valterfara5027 From what I understand, because they *could*. The government didn't want to deal with the protest, and it was getting big, so they lied about what was going on and opened fire on unarmed protestor students. They said the demonstrators were armed and were shooting at the police forces, which isn't true and the actual amount of people who died is unknown, but it's said to be around the hundreds. Part of this caused by the massive debt that was acquired for the preparation of the Olimpics.
2:21 Conquistador: YES, finally! Escape, we can all leave this hell scape and go back to Spain! Cortes pressing the torch against the ships: what? But hey I guess it all worked out in the end
Are we just going to overlook the fact that they executed Maximilian I after retaking the north? Franz Joseph I, the Austro-Hungarian emperor, was devastated.
What most folk get wrong about "La Malinche/Malintzin/Malinalli" is that, although she herself was from Nahuatl origins (and noble origins), she was sold as a slave by her own people. She was given as a gift to Cortes after the defeat of Tabasco´s forces in the Centla Battle. To whom a slave oughts allegiance to be able to broke it and be called betrayer?
Not to be a downer but so much was left out in this video, understandable since you're talking about the history of an entire nation but I was expecting a little more interesting details. I was hoping you could've talked about the other non-Aztec empires/kingdoms, and the role indigenous allies played in the Conquest. I also hoped you could've mentioned the Cristeros War since personally I think it's important and sadly often overlooked. But I think it was weird not to have mentioned the cult of Our Lady of Guadalupe since her image has had tremendous impact on Mexican history, culture, and identity.
It's a summary friend. The thing about summaries is that they leave out whatever they didn't consider important. If you make your own, you should include all of that
@@roshaunrobinson5266 The thing is, they DID make a history summerized video on Prehispanic civilizations, and it similarly only covered the Aztec, Maya, and Inca, which everybody covers; and even then with a non-negligible amount of errors and omissions. And it's not just Prehispanic stuff, even after the Aztec fell those other states still had to be conquered in a series of wars that took decades. ALso, if you want us to "make our own", here, I did: In 1400 BC, the Olmec site of San Lorezno becomes the region's first (albiet barely so) urban center in 1400 BC, and becomes abandoned by 900 BC, where the more properly urban and socially complex city of La Venta rises to prominence, which is also where our sole example of Olmec writing dates back to. In the following centuries, urban, state societies continue to pop up, notable ones being the early Maya cities such as El Mirador and Kaminaljuyu; the Zapotec city of Monte Alban in Oaxaca, and the rise of the Epi-Olmec culture out of the ashes of the Olmec; and all 3 develop writing; and there with many other independent cities all over. In Western Mexico, during the same period as the Olmec the Capacha are a culture that developed indepedently from them, with far reaching examples of pottery and likely trade, but we don't know much about them or Western Mexican cultures in general. By around 0-200AD, urban cities with state governments and writing (for the elite, anyways) had become the norm in Mesoamerica, marking the transition from the Preclassic to the Classic period. The Maya are at their height in the classic and late classic, with many tens of large, notable city-states and hundreds of smaller towns all over the Yucatan. Down in Oaxcaca, The Zapotec too have formed many city-states, with Monte Alban in particular rising as the most politically powerful. In Central Mexico, in what's now Mexico city, a volcanic eruption displaces much of the population, including the city of Cuicuilco, the most powerful city in the area. These displaced people immigrate into the city of Teotihuacan, which grows into a huge influential political and religious center, and with a population of up to 150,000, and eclipsing Rome in physical area, , while also having a sewage system and housing even their commoners in lavish palace complexes; is one of the largest cities in the world at the time (El Mirador was as well). Teotihuacan's influence reaches far across the region, establishing many far reaching architectural, artistic, and religious trends, such as the Talud-tablero archtectural style for pyramids, and the proto-typical feathered serpent (IE Quetzalcoatl), even conquering Maya cities 500 miles away. In western mexico, around the end of the preclassic and start of the classic, the Teuchitlan tradition, the first of Western Mexico's complex societies, emerges (maybe, again, Western Mexico's cultures are very understudied), though less so then the rest of the region. In the latter half of the classic period, you see the rise of El Tajin as a notable influential center among the cities around the gulf coast (around thre same area as the former Olmec and Epi-Olmec, the cities/culture there now reffered to as the "Classic Veracruz", and later in the Postclassic, would be inhabitated by the Totonacs) and Cholula as a notble city in central mexico. Monte Alban begins to fall in esteem, with the Zapotec city of Mitla becoming the most prominent city in Oaxaca instead. Teotihuacan begins to decline as well, and in the Yucatan, the cities of Tikal and Calakmul become essentially two super-power city-states among the Maya, centralizing Maya geopolitics around them. Eventually Tikal and it's allies are able to put down Calakmu. Shortly thereafter, you have the classical Maya collapse, where due to a combination of political instability following this massive war, climate issues, and other factors, nearly all of the large powerful Maya urban centers in the southern Yucatan decline between 700 and 800 AD, with many other key centers around Mesoamerica also doing so. Throughout the Late Classic and Early-Postclassic, West Mexico develops many different city-states with increasing influence from the rest of Mesoamerica. Moving into the Early-postclassic, yet many other cities still thrive and survive, such as El Tajin and Cholula, as do Maya city-states in the Northern Yucatan, such as Chichen Itza and Uxmal. You begin to see the Mixtec in the Oaxaca and Guerrero regions begin to overtake the Zapotec in prominence, in particular a warlord by the name of 8-Deer-Jaguar-Claw conquered and unified nearly the entire southern Oaxaca/Guerrero region into an empire out of the city of Tututepec. 8-deer had the blessings and support of the Toltec in central mexico, which were apparently, like Teotihuacan before them, a massively influential and far reaching power in the region, maybe operating out of the city of Tula, though most of our accounts of Toltec history and key rulers (such as Ce Acatl Topiltzin) are from Aztec accounts and are heavily mythologized. As a resul, it's hard to seperate history from myth.(or from propaganda, as the Aztecs justified their rule via claiming to be the cultural heirs to the Toltec). Around 1100 AD, the Toltecs fall, and 8-deer is overthrown and killed in an ironic twist of fate where the one member of his enemies family who he left alive rallied a bunch of Mixtec city-states against him. In the 1200's, The Maya city of Mayapan comes closest to forming a unified Maya state, forming a political alliance of many of the city-states in the northern Yucatan. Due to droughts in northern mexico, you begin to see various Chichimeca (nomadic, non-urban cultures of norhern mexico) groups, the Nahuas, move further south into central and southern Mexico transitioning into urban societies, many settling around the Valley of Mexico and the surrounding areas, led by the legendary King Xototl, displacing local Otomi populations. In particular, the city of Azcapotzalco, which claims heredity from Xolotl, eventually dominates the valley. During the same time as all this in western Mexico, a Nahua group moved down into the Lake Pátzcuaro region, and takes over and becomes the ruling class of Purepecha city of of Pátzcuaro, which conquers many other cities in the area. In the 1400s, due to a succession crisis in Azcapotzalco, one of it's two heirs assassinates the other, as well as the then king of Tenochtitlan, which was one of Azcapotzalco's vassal, tributary cities; as he also had had genealogical links to the Azcapotzalco royal line and also represented a succession threat. War breaks out, and Tenochtitlan, along with the city-states of Texcoco, and Tlacopan join forces and overthrow them, forming the Aztec triple alliance, and over the next 100 years, rapidly expand and conquer almost all of Central and Southern Mexico. Back to Western Mexico, in the 1450's, Pátzcuaro is overthrown by the fellow Purepecha city of Tzintzuntzan, who rapidly expands to form the Purepecha/Tarascan empire, who would be the Aztec empire's only real compeititon and repel numerous invasions from them. With the Aztec and Purepecha unable to make each other budge, the Aztec, as the Spanish arrive, are in the process of trying to besiege and blockade Tlaxcala, a confederate republic of 4 Nahua city-states (complete with a legislative senate) in an adjacent valley from the Valley of Mexico, who had been able to escape conquest due to their defensible position. This is the state of things when the Spanish arrive.
I feel like "Oh man, Mexico is having a rough century here" kind of describes Mexican history as a whole.
We've had a rough millennium.
There is hope for the next one....
Everything went down hill when they Spanish arrived🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
@@dtownblastinsalvi62 pretty sure the aztecs whould still fall. They wherent the best of peoples
@@dtownblastinsalvi62 The aztecs still weren't the best
"Mexico has had a rough century"
For 5 centuries.
And the new government its not making it better, people wanted change but it's more of the same
@@chippong497 Well it depends on who you ask. Although independently of that it's normal some people support their governor and others are against it. But as I see it this president has had so much support as compared with others. I personally think he is doing a good job and cares for it's people.
And counting
@John Newman every country in the world has corruption, but Mexico tops it off, the level of corruption is astronomical compared to the rest of the world, even with these new idiot president that we have it's not going to change, if anything Mexico is doing worst now, over 50% of its people living in poverty when it was promised by this stupid president that he's priority was going to be the poor, once he came into power he forgot all the promises he made, and went nuclear with projects that are costing extreme amounts of money to the people
@@chippong497 Malaysia coughs nervously
In Mexico we all had that one teacher who spent several classes and lectures specifically on insulting Santa Anna for losing Texas and California.
Love it 😂 Didn’t santa anna also held a funeral for his leg during the pastry war? That Santa anna guy. 🤣
Is justified. In DR, my history teacher described the Guadalupe treaty as Mexico selling all states at the north of rio Bravo [a precio de vaca muerta] because Mexico was unable to really defend anything there at this point and they got some kind of compensation, which didn't do it any better, which is like being forced to sell your house for whatever the bank says is OK and you have to agree
@@moya036
Exactly, the reason why they didnt annex all of Mexico was because we had a larger population of Mestizos than white people overall (and to this day that is still the case) and they didnt want to upset the demographics in the US by taking in a lot of non white citizens.
@@Nonamelol. hi no name I see you everywhere
Texas and California do not want to join Mexico now
As a mexican I can confirm: History classes were a nightmare. A very interesting one but a nightmare nonetheless.
Every 5 minutes in history:"so first we were doing great, then we lost it all then we came back as a bigger empire then lost the southern portion, then we lost half of our territory, civil war later France came a knocking but we won at Puebla stopping their 50 year winning streak, then we lost, then we beat them, had another civil war, dealt with that, had a Zapatista uprising from natives, dealt with that, and now were in a war with cartels.......any questions?"
Yeah your government in 1800’s seem to have been a big revolving door.
@@brandonlyon730 remember when we almost went to war with Guatemala
And that time they bringed an austrian duke to gobern the contry he was actualy preatty cool guy
LAAAAAA NETA
*Mexico during Colonization:* This was never a condition of our agreement!
*Spain:* I am altering the deal. Pray I not alter it any further.
Well hello there. General kenobi
Hippity hoppity altering your entire civilization through democracy :)
😂
Spain did have the higher ground.
Man, Star Trek is a great series.
Spain left something in Mexico that is very common in Spain: Civil wars, rebelion and in-fighting
Catholic_Crusader 90 its true tho.
Antlantis 123 all that happens in all civilizations worldwide 🤣
Except for most latin america nations and philippines (although the latter in-fighting was true at part for that nation).
Huh, no. The Aztec civilization was doing what? Remind me? Oh yeah, never ending war to its countless neighbours, absorbing (and sacrificing) them one by one.
Conclusion: in-fighting in the region was the default state.
It actually means that european powers utterly failed to unify these lands or even federalize them, and instead added insult to injury. They did bring reach to metal resources and craftsmanship to use them that the Mexica did not previously have access, however, alongside western science.
But it came with a price: Christianity (not that Christianity is any worse than the previous religions though, but one can't really say it's any better either).
Also doesn't help the fact that the Nation is named after the Aztec god of war, Mexctli.
I've always considered the history of my country the most beautiful work of tragedy ever written.
Many great civilizations had tragic endings: Carthage, Achaenemid Persia, and Mesoamérica 😭
Aaaa this make me proud of being a Afro Mexican i got two histories
Tampoco es como si TODA nuestra historia es tragica
@@kawikaahina1759 Al menos si es frustrante
I mean, it’s not. But ok.
"History summarize: Mexico"
Me, a mexican who had to go through this learning torture and can hardly remember half of the information: I pray for you güero
I really felt that
common folks man i have a degree in history, also, let's talk about paying attention! oh, it seems like YOU didn't pay attention to your grammar classes, your=possessive, you're=you+are. please, don't start assuming things and insulting, have a nice day, and keep your mind focused on your classes. you're awesome!
common folks He’s trying to show proof he pays attention and that he isn’t stupid. Why are you so sensitive to critics and hostile.
common folks ok, i think we're mixing stuff, first, i said 'have a nice day' as a compliment. i did never tried to say it like a sarcastic comment, even though the aspect of my comment is sort of sarcastic, so i get your 'point'. also, why 'bitch'? i'm always open to a polite discussion, i'd really like to answer your comebacks, always with the respect we both are meant to have. next, i'm mexican, i live here in mexico, and if you want to, we can start talking in spanish. i think that having a basic notion of grammar is better, than committing this kind of basic mistakes. i apoloise for the mean treatment i gave you first, and if you wish, we can have a healthy and reasonable debate.
yes, that´s the sentiment, and he nailed every class on the subject, ay las exposiciones y las malditas lineas del tiempo
YOUR HISTORY IS SO INTERESTING MEXICO 🇲🇽
-LOVE FROM PHILIPPINES 🇵🇭
Thanks, it's pretty much "Let's stab each other and change the law until someone wins" but at times is also funny
reytarted vids can you teach me your language. Quiero aprender
xAlpaca Zeu bro we will surely understand other words but if we put it on sentence it’s gonna be hard but we’ll work on that on english
reytarted vids which app is easier for you and also ya I forgot a lot of is spanish.
reytarted vids wow thank you
Mexican History be like: At least it can't get any worse
*And then it it got worse*
As a Mexican...
I agree
OMG yes!
:'(
It is true. Like going from a 20-year dictatorship -- Porfirio Diaz -- to an 80-year single-party dictatorship -- PRI.
Ya pretty much
@@MrFreakHeavy and right now we have an economic decline because our president doesn't know how economy works and is one of those guys that think capitalism is the spawn of satan and socialism is the way to go
One of my teachers in college once said “There hasn’t been a moment in Mexican history where there wasn’t some kind of crisis”
Tanukitsune But in fact there was, search for “el milagro mexicano”
Happened in the 40’s
@@maxpachec1688 it was kind of brief tho. It ended when Mexico abandoned their focus on agriculture to try becoming a provider oil, thinking that that alone would keep them afloat when in truth it didn't
This is pretty much true
Well, it shows that he needs to study more the history of Mexico to get an opinion, I'm just saying
There was like a year or two of peace during the second Mexican empire. Them multiple civil wars came right after.
Step 1: install a form of government
Step 2: "we don't like this form of government"
Step 3: infighting
*repeat to death*
This is Mexico's history
It's also not too disimilar to Haiti's bid for revolution.
In a nutshell
As we say
"ninguna verga les embona"
(no dick fits to you, meaning you're not happy with/you don't like anything)
Chinese history: *sheds a tear* make me proud
im mexican and this is so fucking true
Oh and watch out because it looks like its about to happen again!
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*"Hippity-hoppity your soul is my property"*
I'm going to use this someday
No you fucking won't, you're my bitch now, so is that quote and the bitch that came up with, because hippity hoppity, that shit is my property ;)
You better start playing poker beating souls.
Phrase never spoken to a Ginger.
Probably getting woooshed here, but that phrase has been a meme forever at this point.
Blood Ravens Chapter wants to know your location.
Fun Fact: The Aztecs didn't called themselves Aztecs, instead they called themselves Mexica.
He said that at the begining of the video... Well not exactly "that" but he called them "the mexica empire"
@@Gama-cp1dz if you are watching this video, hate to break it to ya' but u kinda do wey lmao
Azteca is the CIVILIZATION .
Tenochtitlan la gran ciudad
Mexica the people
Greatest general of all of Europe:
*Smallpox*
The Chinese Art of War comes printed in a book. The European version comes stitched into a blanket!
Rat with a couple
small flies on it: You dare challenge me?
@@seabase3362 Mosquito: Who *DARES* To Challenge My Supremacy?
@@johnalogue9832 there is exualy a roman art of war so maybe
@Ria Its more a reference to the fact that mosquitoes spreading disease have killed more people than all wars in recorded human history combined.
You missed the glorious zapatsita revolt and arguably the best quote in Mexican history
"sorry to bother you, this is a revolution"
Who said this?
Looking up that quote doesnt bring me anywhere but
The movie
Sorry to bother you
@@chuchojuarez95 Subcommandante Marcos, the original is
"disculpe las molestias, esto es una revolución"
Hell yea! Southern Mexico has had a super interesting history. It held out the longest against the spanish and has been a constant thorn in the side of whoever ruled Mexico. Even today indigenous peoples stick have their own thing.
@@chuchojuarez95 also known as Subcommandante Galeano and Delegate Zero
@@smalllJ they actually expaded recently, the EZLN announced that they were incorporating new communes
-Vamos a hacer nuestra ciudad aquí
-Pero señor es un lago
-Quedara mamalon!
Jajajajajjajajajajaj! Te mamaste we
It will suck worse for any fool who tries to invade us.🤣
Mexico is a really cool country, hard to believe that the Chicxulub impact crater that killed all the dinosaurs is located underneath the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico.
Your username does not match your profile pic.
@@rbl4112 i mean there's no mustache so it checks out
the impact crater killed them? oh reeleee?
@@chevchelios3904 I doubt it was the fall honestly. : P
@@blackjoker2345 so they all walked into the crater and portalled into hell?
0:50 NO NO NO its got to have a cool guitar riff to be a prophecy
Joe Evans it cant be a REAL prophecy without one 😤
Haha red reference
*_i wonder why..._*
It's because it's a prophesy (there was a typo)
Joe Evans OSP Much? Too close of a reference
Qué Viva Mexico. Also fun fact
when the Spaniards asked what rivers and places are called, the Mayas answered “Yucatán” which means “I’m not from here” or “I don’t know what ur saying.”
That’s why there’s like 100 Yucatán rivers/towns/states...
XD those spanish conquistadores
There's only one state named Yucatán
Specifically, "ma'anaatik ka t'ann" means "I don't know what you're saying" in Maya. HOWEVER! It's also possible they were saying "yokat'an", which means "people that speak Yoko". Yoko is a Mayan dialect local to that area.
"Poor Mexico. So far from God, so close to the United States."
Porfirio Diaz
mathewfinch hey, it could be worst, we could be close to Rusia
@@carso1500 or even worse close to England
sorry to disappoint you but that phrase is from Nemesio García Naranjo
@@dreyvax_1943 eh, close enough tho
P.D was the US's bitch. So when you reread that, you know exactly what he meant.
Europe: Sees US in civil war
Also Europe: Its debt repayment time
Backround Retard Mexico: Aight but I ain’t going down like a bitch.
A major reason why the US joined WW1 was because France had quite a bit of debt at this point and nobody wanted to risk it.
"If we get the Mexicans to repay their debts, we can lend money to the US and Confederacy!"
me, a mexican in mexico, remembering all the nights i cried over history exams:
👁💧👄💧👁
Los libros de la SEP, ay me gustaban pero que historias
This
Repeat after me:
"MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY IS ON SEPTEMBER THE 16th"
P. S. Thanks for the 800+ thumbs up!!
cinco de may
So you're saying it's on May 5t- (shot repeatedly).
27th*
Which is odd because as far as I know, we are the only country that celebrates the beginning of the Independence Movement and not the consummation of it. Go figure 🤔
a day before my birthday
neat
Mexicans: *exists
Also Mexicans: I'm about to end this whole man's career
Yea, basically
The PRI after President Camacho be like:
I'm so fucking tired of our dipshit politicians...
Best way to describe my country history
Whole Man
Mexico : obsidian swords
Minecraft gamers: wait that's impossible
I know you're joking, but it's pretty easy, if dangerous. Just attach several small pieces around the edge of a paddle or an oar. If they break off, they're easy to replace in the region... and that enemy they're lodged in is going to have bad time.
An entire blade of obsidian... very difficult. While it would cut quite well or tear someone up pretty bad, it's also liable to breaking. Obsidian is actually quite fragile, unlike Minecraft's nigh indestructible rock.
bigmeanben only the Mexica knew how to make them incredible
More like wood swords enchanced
Jon Snow's face 👁️👄👁️
@Bthsr71 An obsidian sword would be incredibly difficult to make, but I had the pleasure of looking closely and taking a beautiful obsidian knife, it was beautifully carved, perhaps it was a knife with religious intentions.
The funny thing is that a priest had it.
As a Mexican, it’s kinda weird learning my history in English haha dope video tho!
Oxcar Martínez
Actually a lot of Latin American history is in US Text books.
Xavier Saavedra it’s almost like *americans* learn about world history in *US* textbooks
I'm a Turk and watched Ottoman Empire video from this channel.
*Welcome to the English speaking world realm.*
Oxcar Martínez As yourself a Mexican, it’s weird that you only know Spanish and English, and not your real language.
@@groggle_noggle3348 Dude, nobody really speaks Nauhatl. Mexico is a fusion of European and Mesoamerican culture anyways.
Aztec Civilization: *Exists*
Hernan Cortes: ¿ D O N D E E S T A E L D O R A D O ?
Edit: I think this is the most likes I’ve ever gotten and in only a bit over 24 hours! Thank you all so much!
Al SUR!!!!
Aztec civilization:*exists*
Hernan Cortez:É S I M Ó V E L G R Á T I S
What does that even mean tough?
@@2Potates
"where is the golden city"
@@2Potates castbox.fm/vb/38201921
Basically if you go the time here is 9 hours of Aztecs getting destroyed by Cortez when they could have killed him multiple times.
As Mexican myself: Mexico comes from Metztli "moon",Xictli "center,or even belly button" y Co (a suffix). That can be translated to "center of the world" or "center of the moon". Also the "x" is meant to be pronounced as "sh" but thanks to Spain it has a different sound now days.
Fun crazy fact: Santa Anna lost one of his legs during the First French Intervention better known as The Pastry War. This leg *got its own funeral.* And Mexico as a whole agrees the man was probably not sane at all and nobody will find a way to put him in a good light.
In those times it was a normal thing to do a funeral of someone's limb, as I recall from my history classes
I mean...in the center of Merida, we have a colonia named after him
He gave the rank of general to his horse
Mexico's anthem was actually full of lyrics proclaiming Santa Anna to be the best thing that ever happened. Then we lost Texas... Threw those lyrics right up his- Yeah
It's also one of the most belic (bloody, in favor of war) hymns of almost any country (said my mexican history teacher). Considering that we have almost never started a war (arguably never, I think the US declared war on us)... all our wars are internal... including now a days.
@Doku Latin America in a nutshell, really. We're a crazy bunch.
And americans think letting imigrant in to texas will not result in them losing controle of it too.
@@icarue993 don't forget about the most powerful yet misterious enemy of mexico "Masiosare"
@@gunarsmiezis9321 The US-Americans have more control over their supposedly "sovereign" states than Mexico ever had, tho. The US has a burgeoning police state, after all. Not as developed as Britain or _especially_ China, but it's been growing quickly since Bush.
*Santa Anna after losing a battle in 18 minutes to Texas **_and_** getting captured:*
Wait, how did this happen? I'm smarter than this!
*Literally everybody else:*
Apparently not.
The U.S. caught him off guard and he didnt expect them to attack from high ground.....which was a really stupid thing to do, and hebmight have had less trouble if he hadn't retreated early in the prior battle that he was winning
Santa Anna also liked to take naps quite a bit and was addicted to opium Texas history is really interesting.
@@qtshutin3030 yeah, in hindsight we shouldn't have brought him back
@Connor Marlow Yeah, tho Santa Anna "recognized" Texas' independence, when Texas decided to become part of the USA, Santa Anna claimed to his people that he didn't do it because he was forced to, and decided to fight against USA to regain it back, completely disregarding the fact most of their weapons were provided by them and USA was much militarily prepared than them. This lead to Santa Anna having to sell a portion of the country to USA after losing war, which happened to have gold in it
TechnoKnight yeah Santa Anna was a fucking retard he got what he deserved.
I'm Irish, met a Mexican in Portugal and it was a surreal experience for me. Mexican people are very passionate in how they express their words and stories. In Ireland, we are much the same. But this guy took it to a whole other level. Macho culture and the promiscuity of the women because of their confidence. I really hope to go to Mexico some day and learn about the culture, cuisine and social structures of the country. And the beer, too. Oh yes, the feckin beer.
Your welcome anytime. Oh and look up Saint Patrick's battalion. That's when your ancestors join forces with my ancestors during the Mexican American war. They are remembered very fondly in Mexico.
I'm from Mexico and I hate the promiscuity, also beer sucks.
We mexican and irish have a drinking habit thats very similar, cheers 🍻.
@@ignaciomontes9794 I am mexican and I hate drinking, this is why I'm leaving, everyone here is a alcoholic mess.
@@m0onm0th its just perspective and personal experience, i also know about the down fall and craziness that alcohol can cause, but personally i have always had very positive experiences with drinking, i always take precautions before drinking. Remember, drink as much as you can handle. Anyway, its your path and you decide what to do with your life. Cheers!
History classes in Mexico are a nightmare, true story.
Yeah, i love history, but... Even now when i try to learn the history of our independence i just can't
Is like: UGHHHH
Texan history classes were fun.
Not necessarily *good* (the Civil War was about "economic differences"), but fun!
@@johnalogue9832
I mean...it's not wrong per say, it just understates it to a rediculous degree.
@@DarenSaferithing wait until after that. Independence is easy, post indepence... "was a tough century".
@@johnalogue9832 sad that I wasn't taught about the American war and the Texan independence
Spain: We're gonna milk this thing for all it's worth.
Aztecs: YOU'LL BE SORRY!!!!
(Later) Spain: OH NO OUR ECONOMY IS INFLATED!
Aztecs: *Slowly dying of smallpox* ...With my last breath... I spit at thee...
Hector Barbarossa: "The Aztec gods placed upon the gold... a terrible curse."
A W E B O
@@kimarous Montezuma's Revenge!
Lame / unoriginal.
And now Spain is a shithole
The “they wanted to bring more freedom” is highly arguable. I mean highly. They wanted to bring slaves to Mexico when Mexico had outlawed it years prior.
Thank You for clearing/cleaning that fact up!!!
right....we really on that whitewashing history beat
cry about it
@@samaraisnt “whitewashing” please shut up. Mexican isn’t a race.
@@zozzledwolf4653 🤦♂️
As a mexicana, I can confirm.
I truly love the conclusion: México has always been a mess from minute One, especially on politics(still is ir you ask me) , but man, a beautiful mess it is.
Viva México Cabrones!!!!!
Ahuevo :v
Agueeebooosss
“Beautiful mess” huh you should watch how the cartels kill their enemies and innocent people then come back and tell me it’s a beautiful mess. Mexico’s number one problem are the cartels and those people aren’t friendly at all, they invade politics and mess with peoples lives. I don’t see how they aren’t labeled a terrorist organizations by the US. Although I don’t really agree with this method I think it’s one of the best ways to get rid of them and that’s to send in US Troops to start gaining back control.
@@Noface678 Its not like an everyday thing, like i live in tijuana which is considered one of the "most dangerous places" but its just like a normal day everyday like nobodys walking with guns or stuff, sure there are a few bad things happening but i'm like 13 and walk around by myself or with cousins its a nice place, neigbors are nice. People just say its to dangerous, like someone i know (hes white and heard some stuff about tijuana and was scared) He stayed a couple weeks..He loved it he said "i thought it would be like the news" but it wasn't it was nice and he comes over here every month.
@@Noface678 The main reason cartels exist is that whites cant stop getting hooked on cocaine. Stop consuming it and they'll drop in power asap.
The US and Mexico have one weird relationship.
We need each other. US can't let Mexico get too powerful so that we can compete in the hegemony on central and south america, but they can't let us get too weak so we start seeking other Powers like Russia or China more. at the same time, Mexico functions like a net to not get too many migrants from central america and for a lot of produce things. And the cultural war we have been waging for decades is one of the more interestings in the world.
@@vipertooth123 o nos podemos dejar de gilipolleces de una puta vez, unirnos los hispanos de una vez y crear nuestra esfera de influencia en el mundo, en vez de tanta bobería con los guiris.
@Mostacho 1818 xD ni siquiera he salido de Mexico jajajajajaja. Soy de monterrey, compa, es la primera vez que alguien me dice eso jajajajajaja no se si sentirme atacado o que pedo.
@@jjgf8412 si si si si, los Anglos llevan haciendo eso desde hace años, si los paises hispanos se unieran serían una super potencia.
That's a weird way to spell "domestic abuse"
This is kind of late, but it frustrates me that Blue never mentioned that one of the motivations behind the Texan war for independence was many of the Texans wanted to keep slaves and slavery had been abolished in Mexico
Mexico: EXISTS
Spain: I T S F R E E R E A L E S T A T E
Later:
Spain: You guys are against imperialism?
USA: Nah, we just prefer it when we are doing it.
@Reg Eric ?? Did you not watch the video? "Mexico didn't exist yet" Not sure what you are trying to say. Obviously, Mexico has a pretty deep history. Are you saying the history is irrelevant until it was labeled Mexico? that's like saying thanksgiving is irrelevant, we weren't the united states yet. Yet we do celebrate that history dont we? With thanksgivings day etc. Not sure how it didn't exist yet in your mind. What we call a country doesn't change what happened there. How were there ancient civilizations aqueducts and pyramids then? It didn't just pop out of nowhere lol. I'm not sure I can think of any civilizations that don't have a rich history.
Orlando Gondar mexico never was colonized because mexico didn’t exist. The Aztecs aren’t mexico, Mexico was named Mexico by Agustin inturbide the first mexican emperor.
@@elpidiovillarreal6246 Mexico come from the word Mexica , their Capital was Mexico - Tenochtitlan, so yeah that name Mexico has been around 700 years.
Omar Noyola wtf does that have to do with the nation of Mexico, the mexica aren’t Mexico. Just because the nation adopted the name Mexico after the mexica doesn’t mean that they were literally the mexica. Mexico was literally created and named by a white Mexican who was Agustin de inturbide. Mexico was actually going to be named Anahuac, the emperor of Mexico like the name Mexico instead. Before independence the region was new Spain and before that the modern day Mexico was filled with thousands of tribes. How the fuck did Mexico exist for 700 years, if the people and culture changed drastically.
The Mexican Revolution could be its own whole (very very complicated) video. This stuff is my jam!
yeah. It could even require 2 parts to explain all the fuckery that happened in that event, one that some would say should have reasonably ended much earlier than it did
Mike Duncan has a god tier podcast on it
@@angryman132 Yes! Good stuff
Which of the 7 revolutions
@@nickpaganini All of them of course
Iturbide: *becomes emperor*
Me, a mexican who already read the manga: yeah, don't get too attached.
*a minute later*
And Santa An-
Me: oh f*ck this is when sh*t goes down the drain real fast
We need a Mexican Manga for out history clases. We need adaptations of the Morelos Arc, the Porfiio arc and the Revolution arc
@@Sygon_14 I pray to god they don’t make a manga y’all are fuckin nerds 😂
@@KenshinAlex7 nah itll be awesome
Way better than history class
You'll learn more when you have fun :)
Fun fact: While in the revolution we got a president that only lasted 1 day
45 minutes actually, his only act as president was give away the power to Huerta.
@@eldelostacos9980 yeah, it was part of Huerta's plan to legitimately become a president after he and his group assassinated Madero and his vice president
Another curious fact: Pedro Lascuráin (the president of 45 minutes) ironically was the second oldest president in the history of Mexico died at the age of 92 in 1952 (he was born in 1856) and is only surpassed by Luis Echeverría (100 years )
Nice Video! Just one thing, here in Mexico we don't celebrate "Cinco de Mayo", it's actually a Chicano symbol, I don't really know why it is such a big deal for them, but, here, "15 de Septiembre" or "Grito de Dolores" is the big spectacle.
Simple: Because Fuck Colonization. But yeah Cinco de Mayo started mainly as a local celebration in Puebla. It's been coopted by whites to justify debauchery (which honestly why not) and by US born Mexicans as a way to either join that debauchery, or celebrate a victory over European colonialism.
@@oneterribleacorn5534 It's all a part of the Mexican's war on May 5th.
Many Mexican-Americans and Chicanos joined the Union during the Civil War, and saw Confederate efforts to expand slavery into California and Nevada as threats against their way of life, furthermore these Chicanos were sending money and support to the Mexican Repulicans fighting in Puebla, so when the Mexicans won against the French in Puebla, the Chicanos took credit for it and used to push for more recuriting in the Civil War.
Well, Grito de Dolores technically happens in September 16, just when the clock hits 0:00. We celebrate it a day early because one of our presidents, the infamous Porfirio Diaz, had a birthday the day before the event and decided everyone should celebrate both things the same day
Also because in Puebla (I am from Puebla) we do celebrate it and in New York there is a lot of poblanos who brought the celebration
Fun fact: Mexico's flag was created waaaay earlier than Italy's. Actually, no country copied one another, it was just a coincidence that the flags look very similar.
Ah yes mexico
*The country where the pillar men were found*
AYAYAYAAAAAA
JOJOOJOOO!!!
oh you are a man of culture as well!
cant wait for bsv and part 6
And the stone masks
Hippity, hoppity, your soul is my property.
I love this channel.
You forgot the part where a man tried to get Mexico to pay for a wall to separate Mexico and America but I can't remember his name....
Then that fell over into the country he tried to keep out. But i still dont know that guys name 🤷♀️
That never happened... Unless you mean the USA because "America" is a continent
@TH-cam Moderator And you forgot the part where even more Europeans illegally entered the Americas for free stuff. But you do you.
@TH-cam Moderator Who said you're responsible for anything, Mr Self Pity?
@TH-cam Moderator Guy From Wealthiest Nation in Human History Whines About How Tough He's Got It Because He's Sure That Poor People Out to Take His Stuff: More News at 11
A lot of people are criticizing Blue for not going after 1945 but to be fair the Mexican education system does the exact same. Like we just go from Mexico in WW2 and then skip to world history.
Mexican Government: The 60s? Who dat?? Never heard of her
"El Milagro Mexicano" who?
So why is this?
@@HelderGriff TL;DR: Governments were too embarrassed of their blunders, so they don't teach about them
The late 60s saw increased speech repression from the single-party state (not mentioned in this video) culminating in the 1968 massacre of student demonstrators at the hands of the army only 10 days before the opening of the Mexico City Olympics. Think "Kent State shooting, but 1000x worse." For /reasons/, this event was downplayed for decades until the current administration, which seeks to distance itself from its predecessors by acknowledging and mourning those killed that day.
In fact, the current administration is the first to put that massacre in all of its misery in elementary school textbooks. Make of that what you will.
As for the "Mexican Miracle," it was a 30-year period of high economic growth spurred by rising oil prices and discoveries of off-shore deposits, with estimates for even larger undiscovered reserves. With all this capital and hopeful promises, the government began a period of high spending and borrowing. When Latin America's economy crashed in the 70s-80s, Mexico took a big dive, and found that those hopeful promises of BIG OIL were waaaaay overblown. As a result, Mexico's currency tumbled, leading to widespread financial panic for next decade.
In the early 90s, the economy was starting to get a tiny bit better but with no real improvement felt by the people. The US convinced Mexico to join it and Canada in this super radical and wicked cool concept of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). It promised that by diversifying Mexico's economy and opening the country up to American and Canadian goods, Mexicans would be able to buy things at a cheaper price as well as seeing an influx of new jobs. The government jumped at the opportunity (totally not to distract from the increasing poverty and financial instability), and signed. This NAFTA did not sit well with the agricultural sector and indigenous populations, who now had to compete with subsidized American farms. They saw the writing on the wall, and another financial crisis and yet another currency devaluation happened. A group of Mayas in the southern state of Chiapas declared a state of revolution and tried to rise in arms. That failed, because everyone was worried about their salaries becoming less and less valuable by the day.
As the 90s came to a close, the economy began to stabilize but poverty and migration was still a big problem. The 2000 election brought the end of single-party rule and the right-wing party took over. It made some attempts at social programs, but corruption was so ignored that it lost a lot of popularity. The 2006 election saw a highly controversial right-wing victory (less than 1% difference), and totally not to distract from the allegations of electoral fraud and rising tensions, the new administration saw fit to join the US in a war... the Drug War. I don't think I need to expand on how that went.
The 2012 election brought the return of the old party that made Mexico into a single-party state for 71 years (1929-2000). It promised to fix the sins of the right-wing. A reduction in violence brought on by the hasty decision to declare a mismanaged Drug War, financial stability through the privatization of state companies, an end to corruption via a raise in salaries. It failed on everything. Violence skyrocketed, privatization led to another currency devaluation, and corruption went up because only the salaries of high-level politicians rose (including the president's). That administration finished its term in 2018 with a disapproval rating of almost 80% -- the worst in a generation.
The 2018 election saw the rise of the first left-wing president in almost 100 years. He started his government riding on a high of full mandate (high turnout, a 2-to-1 victory over the runner-up, and A LOT of campaign promises.) Over the past year, a lot of those campaign promises have been kept, and a lot of them have not. Of those not kept, some proved to be much more difficult than expected, and some have been practically lost forever because of the new president's infamous lack of tact and skill in making enemies out of potential friends in the media and business sectors. He's gone from an incoming approval rating of 77% (Dec 2018), to a rise to 83% (Feb 2019), to a sharp fall to 66% (Jun 2019), and now -- at his first annual Government Report (equivalent of a SOTU address) -- has settled to 62% (Sep 2019.)
We'll see what the future holds for Mexico.
Edit: At the end of October 2019, his approval rating has risen to 78% despite the recent blunders in failing to capture El Chapo's son, and constant defense of his "right to reply" (basically telling the media off whenever he doesn't like what they say).
@@owlman_: Thanks. That was interesting.
@@owlman_ Wow Thank You!!
Omg! I never thought OSP would do a video about my country :') I admire your work a lot, thank you thank you thank you
Tienen un par de vídeos sobre religión Mexica, que son sorprendentemente buenos aunque no muy bien investigados
@@xiuyoalli Gracias, los checare. Descubrí OSP hace dos años y me hacen muy feliz con cada vídeo que suben.
Creí que era el único jajajaja
thats because Mexico is a shit hole! you got lucky on this one, nobody wants to do anything on or in MAXIKO, that shit sux donkey balls!
@@chevchelios3904 eat dog shit dude
some inaccuracies:
The independence movement was actually a result of José Bonaparte being placed as the ruler in Spain, they said that he neglected the colonies, so he the mexican elites had the idea to succeed from Spain and then get Fernando IV (the king from Spain who had been dethroned) to come and govern Mexico, but he actually said no thank you. Still in Mexico they continued with planning the revolution.
Texas didn't join the US just like that, they first said that they would separate from Mexico and become and independent state, for that to happen they needed to be recognized by another country. That didn't happen, and between them seceding from Mexico and become an independent state, the US offered to become part of them.
After Porfirio Díaz was ousted, Francisco I. Madero became president (by election), he was respected almost by everyone and even though people were still fighting he began as a stable government. His mistake was putting people from Porfirio Díaz regime in the government, he said that it was a symbol of reconciliation, but other leaders didn't like it.
Mexican over here... great job with the names' pronunciation! Thank you for talking about our history, this video was a really nice brief!
as a mexican living in mexico i can confirm nothing but the chocolate
val what’s ur snap?
@@ricardoramirez4076 simp
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07:01 They were asking to keep slavery legal dude, mexico had already banned all sales and purchases of slaves by 1823. That was the provincial representation they wanted :V
Stop trying to romanticise the Mexican empire. It was still a racially Stratified dictatorship which favoured the white crillolo at the top. Yes the right to slavery was a factor, but the Mexican dictatorship was squashing numerous other rights as well. The natives who lived in Texas certainly weren’t sad to see the Mexicans leave, hence why they sided with the Texan settlers during the revolution.
@@LouisKing995 Fun fact: Santa Anna rose to power because he lead the army that overthrew the First Mexican Empire in 1823. What empire are you talking about son? Santa Anna wasn't even a dictator during the Texan Revolution, he declared himself "Dictator-for-Life" in 1853, so your choice of words is a bit off. I'm sure the Texans and the natives had their lots of reasons, but denying the relevance of slavery is just naive kid. Let me give a piece of advice, stop trying romanticize slavery as "state rights"
Turrosky I’m not denying the relevance of slavery (though the number of plantations in Texas at that time was very small) , but I think it’s quite telling that the true natives of Texas chose to side with the gringos against the Imperial Mexican oppressors. Don’t you? Own your authoritarian colonial history.
And Santa Anna rulled as a dictator regardless of what he called himself.
Trajan
Santa Anna, despite being elected president 11 times (5 or 6 depending on who you ask) was only in power for about 6 years. Although he has always an important political and military figure, he wasn’t always in power.
@@LouisKing995 If texans in this context means american settlers, then yes, the texans sided with the americans.
Everyone: the Aztecs dominated the region until the Spaniards came along
Purepecha (Tarascans), who held up Aztec expansion the whole time before: what are we, chopped hígado?
Love this episode tho. Now do one on focused on the Mexican Revolution.
The mexican revolution could very well be a show like Game of Thrones hahahahaha
O imagen that
I want a shot of villa laughting his ass of in his cave.
Supper imposing shots of
Of general pershing is tearing up the north trying to find him.
American papers reporting on his crimes.
And the now president yelling at the us abasador. ARMS EMBARGO!?
@@vipertooth123 Its basically "modern" Game of Thrones, but instead of noble houses, there are political/social parties and some guys going to the USA and wrecking havoc causw they want to.
If you want more information about the mexicain revolution, Revolution podcast was nearly 30 episodes about it
joaquin rodriguez i would absolutely love to see that
americans: "we are the most divided nation"
mexico: "hold my tequila"
As a Mexican, this is very well done but it has a few mistakes:
1) Cortés didn’t burn the ships (well not all of them) he dismantled them to create a camp.
2) How we lost all the northern territories to the gringos is very complex: Some were sold because the government was broke, some were given as war payment, some were sold under threat of war and Texas is a unique case just like you narrated.
3) The castas system had more levels, africans were last for example, the whole list was like 8 levels.
Very nice video otherwise! And thank you for clarifying what 5 de Mayo is about!
Viva México!!
I think it's a copout to call it a "casta" system cause it makes it a unique problem to one country and others the word when it's legit just a caste system, like call it what it is. Africans were at the bottom being slaves, the Spaniards were at the top cause they invented the system, and a mix was in between. I'm pretty sure it's more like 12 casts cause there's a lot of mixes that can happen between these three groups. :p
@@samaraisnt I call it casta because that’s what it’s called in Spanish. But yeah, you are right.
Aztecs:
Cortez: Open the country... Stop having it be not belonging to us.
I know that reference anywhere.
Karlos1234ify you dont need to comment that you got the reference, pretty sure the majority here has seen that video.
r/unexpectedbillwurtz
I’m aware. Don’t be a prick about it
Karlos1234ify walter
As a Spanish, I can't blame the Mexicans for wanting independence.
I would rather do that too, instead of having Fernando VII as a king.
Yeah when I heard there were no statues of him, at first I was confused. But I quickly got why.
Fernando Vll got rid of his father Charles the fourth and got betray by Napoleon whose brother became king Jospeh the first of spain until he fled back to France after the British defeated his brother.
Actually the “war of independence” started to defend Fernando VII, Hidalgo actually said in his grito that Mexicans had to fight for him and defend him. They didn’t want full independence, just partial autonomy
JohnnyElRed well but I blame your stupid monarchy bc they destroyed our beautiful city and genuine manuscripts and more. Y’all stole the most precious things
Funnily enough, Hidalgo was a loyalist that wanted independence from the regional government and wanted Fernando VII directly govern Mexico. His call to arms was "¡Viva nuestra madre santísima de Guadalupe!, ¡viva Fernando VII y muera el mal gobierno!"
"I'm the king of half of Europe"
_Inhales_
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Me, a mexican who is mayoring in history and it's currently preparing a debate on The Conquista: Ah, shit, here we go again.
Bueno,y que piensas de la conquista, desde españa.
@@jjgf8412 Es un tema demasiado complejo que se tiene que debatir con cuidado, y que ni de broma puede ser tratado en términos de blanco y negro. Por algo hoy en día los académicos se siguen pegando por ese tema xD
@@eirianstarlesschild521 por eso te digo,soy canario asi que aqui es un poco de lo mismo, los españoles conquistaron esto,bueno o malo simplemente pasó.Lo que no me gusta es como se lee tanto victimismo desde América Latina de "los españoles nos hicieron esto o aquello" como si los españoles fueran unos seres ajenos a ellos,los españoles que fueron a america la mayoria se quedó y formó lo que es ahora la población local , entiendes lo que quiero decir? Como que alli se ha tocado la conquista como un ellos vs nosotros cuando es más bien un "movida de nuestros antepasados". Así tocamos la conquista española en Canarias,como algo histórico.
Nada un saludo muy fuerte desde el otro lado del charco pero no en Europa jajajajajajaja
@@jjgf8412 Lo mismo pienso, como mexicano, de todo el drama antiespañolista victimizante. Se les olvida que el país( que no era un país todavía) era mucho más estable cuando era territorio español y que Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, (considerado el lider del movimiento independentista y "Padre de la Patria") en realidad en un principio buscaba la restauración del trono español durante la intervención napoleónica.
Jj Gf aquí hay muchos blancos q descienden de españoles y discriminan, muchos mestizos que se victimizan y agradecen la mezcla, y indígenas que son los más afectados q son odiados por los mismos mexicanos en persona. Simplemente no se puede hablar de esto porque hay muchos que opinan y con mucha razón. Un mexicano blanco te dirá yo estoy feliz SÚPER feliz, el mexicano mestizo es el q te dices tú q te imaginas y el nativo indígena con su lengua y cultura, casi no toca estos tomas pues ya mucho han tenido. Como ves todos estos tienen razón en lo q dirán. En canarias px ya no hay indígenas pero aquí si hay todavía.
Believe it or not, the spanish king didn't want natives to suffer or be a lower class, the atrocities were made mainly by spanish people who had been born and raised in the viceroyalties already, with the superiority complex, who by doing this, they were ignoring the king's laws and rules......but since spain was in other continent and an ocean separated both territories, no spanish king knew about this
Shhhhh no digas nada,o romperás la fantasía de la leyenda negra que nos pinta como malos malisimos.
The spanish QUEEN Isabella didnt want natives to suffer. However, genocide started already under Columbus, with some half the people dying in the first three years on Hispaniola.
He demanded the natives to pay tax in gold, gold the island didnt really have in quantity, but which was traded from mainland. People still tried and did get the gold from streams, but that was not mining, a limited resource getting more rare the more people took it.
Those who did not pay were tortured, often to death as a threat to others.
Those who had gold, had to work full days just finding it, and they starved to death as they could not spend their time producing food.
In desperation, whole families committed group suicides.
Of course, this was some 30000 people or so, so yes, most of the atrocities were committed later.
The king knew, and Columbus was stripped of his ranks in a practical sense, though not in name. Even a king cannot easily go back in on his promises. Columbus had to do some actual penance to even talk to the king.
However, the kingdom was poor. Literally poor, the king and queen had at times had to live as guests to lesser nobles, and the debts were enormous because there had been a war for hundreds of years. The gold was welcome.
They were so poor, that they never actually paid for the ships. Columbus's ships were paid by a city council as a fine for breaking some law. So, the king set up new viceroys, who broke the laws, but they came back rich, were probably punished too, but lightly, because they also brought back taxes honestly, built churches and were much better at explanations than Columbus, who first, believed he was a chosen of God and everything he did was OK because he would get enough gold to go crusading and clean his soul by taking Jerusalem. Secondly, he didnt really hide his deeds because he was a SOB and thirdly his men told his every misdeed to the King, because they didnt get a proper share of gold, and because he was an SOB. Later, viceroys were nicer to their subordinates and there just werent so much court cases. You see, a king is not a tyrant. You need a court case, evidence, witnesses.... with so much gold, everyone was happy.
Except the natives, but they could not take things to court, could they now.
So, after a while, everyone knew. Bit like everyone knows that national socialist ideologies are becoming mainstream in modern world, and some people dont care, some people think theres nothing that can be done about it because its becoming mainstream and some people think that theres nothing really wrong about that.
Anyway, politics are complicated, and there are always more factors to consider, no matter how many ways you do.
One thing remains constant though. Kings have a habit of hearing about things, because all information funnels up the pyramid sooner or later.
So does on her other colonies like the Philippines.The Spaniards abused the Indios and making them ignorant.
@@johnnymechavez429 literalmente españa tenia universidades enfocadas en la población indígena desde el siglo XVI
Obviously given the times there's going to be a caste system in place, the Spanish had just had the reconquista. The encomienda was really not a bad system compared to the English and French treatment of native people, however the criollos and the landowners of New Spain did not care about anything they just wanted money.
When I was younger, I used to go the park where the statue of Hernán Cortés was placed, and I just remembered how much I loved climbing that thing. Usually there were a lot of cats under/behind it, too. I also remembered that I didn't even knew that was supposed to be Cortés, I just liked riding the lion (I was like 6)
Also also, my favorite historical character is Morelos, and l love the fact that, Mexico was to be a free country, no slavery, from the very beginning.
Also also also, since I was a kid I loved that Guillermo Prieto saved Benito Juárez once just with his iconic ( for me at least) "Alto, los valientes no asesinan!"
Also also also also, I sooo agree with all those other comments; history was the worst. Because since the very beginning it was killing for the power (we often joked about it in my class) the people in the power changed a lot, and that meant MORE names to memorize.
Interesting facts about Mexico (this is gonna be long):
-Miguel Hidalgo started the Independence, because he didn't recognized Napoleon's brother as the King of Spain. He wanted an Independence from Spain, so when real King returned, New Spain would rejoin.
-Vicente Guerrero wanted a democracy, didn't care how. Iturbide knew that if this war continued, New Spain would loose and become a Republic. So, he made a deal with Guerrero, New Spain would become a Parliamentarian Monarchy; and so Guerrero accepted.
- Iturbide didn't want to be the Emperor, his idea was to recruit a European noble house to secure the legitimacy of the crown. But being allied with Mexico, meant being enemy of Spain, and no one was going to take their chances against the most powerful kingdom in the known world.
-Iturbide dissolved the Parliament after finding out they were planning to kidnap him. This started a minor armed conflict between Guerrero and the Emperor. The Emperor later decided to restore the Parliament and sign his abdication because of this conflict. The Parliament rejected said abdication, stating that recognizing it, would recognize the Empire as legitimate. Guerrero was outraged because not recognizing the Empire, was not recognizing the Constitution, the Parliament, and the Independence. They didn't care and exiled the Royal Family. Then, they made a trial after the Emperor left, in which they sentenced Agustín I to death if he returned. No one knew about this trial until the Emperor returned and was executed.
-Guerrero became the second President of Mexico, he abolished the slavery, and was seen as an idol by the natives. The Congress didn't like him and planned to kidnap him. Guerrero found out and escaped with an army. He later was kidnap him by a merchant paid by the Congress, and later executed.
-Many members of Congress and former members banished when Santa Anna became President. All those members were involved in the execution of Iturbide and Guerrero. Because Itubide was Santa Anna's idol, and Guerrero was his old mentor.
-Porfirio Díaz was leading the vanguard during the Battle of Puebla.
-Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, tried really hard to be part of the Mexican people, and feel worthy of the throne. He even applied many liberal ideas in his Constitution, and married a member of the House of Iturbide. His last words were "¡Viva México, y viva la Independencia!"
-In 1917, President Carranza told General Álvaro Obregón to make him the New Constitution in by any means necessary. The General, took hostage of all the senators and had them trapped inside a theater, they would be allowed to leave when the Constitution was finished.
-General Obregón was also known as the man who took down Pancho Villa. He was murdered by a cartoonist in a restaurant before he could start his second presidency.
-There has never been a real election in the history of Mexico, you could even be skeptical about the ones of this century.
-All of the Independence heroes were executed by the active government. And all of the Revolution heroes were assassinated by their rivals by the end of the Revolution.
-The Royal House of Iturbide exists to this date. It's located in Hungary.
These are all things I forgot after middle school
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An important point that was glossed over, Mexico has never had legal slavery, since it's inception everyone in Mexico has been free, which is the biggest obstacle in the integration of the American people in the north, and the thing that would bite the US in the ass ~25 years later and continue today.
Free from what exactly?
@@mcova1998 Slavery
Encomiandas?
I mean that basicaly servs not much better to be Jones
@@timvanrijn8239 read what I said. MEXICO has never had legal slavery. New Spain had encomiendas, Mexico, since it's independence didn't. That is one of the most important things the independece movement fought for.
@Stephen Jenkins Not true, to this day some resentment remains. Especially in today's stressed out politics era. Causal information never vanishes.
Mexican history reminds me a lot of the Byzantines in the fact that they’ve been in a constant death spiral for their entire existence, but keep not dying
Blue even calls the Byzantines a “golden disaster empire“.
I’m proud to be Mexican 🔥
Me too
I’m kinda Mexican because I got pure Hispanic blood I think cause I don’t know my father but I was born in America but still I’m proud of my Mexican blood
Officer Murphy Dude what the hell! Not every one in Mexico is a delinquent!
@Officer Murphy just because bad shit's going on in Mexico doesn't mean I can be proud of my culture and race, boomer
Officer Murphy
Mexico is not a warzone you imbecile. Not all México is CD Juarez and Sinaloa.
Thank you for actually distinguishing the Tlaxcalteca as an independent culture from the Aztec, as a Mexican-American hailing from Tlaxcala it gets quite irritating to have to explain that, "no, they were not part of the Aztec empire, so no, they were not traitors."
Mexico is a beautiful country, love from USA!
I'm from Mexico and... well cultural is pretty but we have a lot of Bad Things like A lot
The moment when you’re feeling in the mood for independence... *Mexicanos al grito de guerra*
Hasta siempre a la victoria camarada
*El acero aprestad, y el bridón*
@@naolucillerandom5280 así no va wey xd
*EL ACERO APRESTAD Y EL BRIDÓN*
Cuando españa se fue México era más rico que Estados Unidos...ahora que tal? 200 años han tenido
Also mexico invented what would be the base of modern Automatic Rifles thanks to Gral. Mondragón engineering
Santa Anna was a genuine tragedy for Mexico.
You pronounced San Jacinto correct. Be still my heart.
"Hippity hoppity your soul is my property"
I died XD
Luca Pena Shang Tsung be like
Hola mi amigos from the southern border! Native Texan here! Love you guys and y'all's history! So all I'm ganna say is this, "Iiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaayaaayaaayaaaaahaaahehee! VIVA MEXICO!!!" (That was a grito, FYI)
Mexican history post independence can be summed as:
"Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the United States."
About the only thing Diaz was right in.
Hey diaz did a lot of good even if he was a colosal asshol.
He like jefferson or kim ill sung
tim van rijn
Everything good he did was for the benefit of the top 20% of the population while everyone else lived under poverty.
what?
Diaz didn't say that quote
I think it was an author
Everyone: Britain was the worst colonial power.
France, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Italy: *cough yeah, just whatever you do don’t look over here
Especially to the Korean’s.
Brandon Lyon 500 000 died in nanjing to not only the number but the ways of death
@@caolanfeely4317 how did someone phase it in university: when you look at imperial japan, keep a bucket close by because you're going need it. And I studied In Germany.
Vassily-Labros Labrakos I don’t understand
@@caolanfeely4317 he's saying it was very brutal and not for the faint of heart
I wasnt aware that Mexico played a roll during the American revolution.
Spain, France and the Netherlands all fought against the British during the American revolution, in fact the US would have been hopeless without the support from those three, most of the Spanish soldiers were from New Spain (Mexico and Central America) attacking the british from the southwest and invading the British holdings in Central America.
The us is always trying to hide the immense help they gotten in their wars.
@@emanuellopez1301 We Americans don't hide them we just don't remember them. All we are told is France did a le help because of historic significance or something like that. Everything else is left up to figure out on our own. Like I knew of the Dutch helping us learn military strategy, but never heard of the revolutionary war on the Spaniard side (which seems logical they helped because how close they are at the time.. looking at Florida, Texas)
@@JerEditz true dat
@@emanuellopez1301 Guess you can blame public schools for that. They do teach us that US had allies, but other than mentioning France, history books don’t go into detail about who, and why they helped the US.
The podcast, Revolutions by Mike Duncan, does a good job of covering Mexican revolution if anyone is interested.
Just watched it yesterday.
It so good.
I find it weird that you just stop at 1945 but I guess if you didn't it would just end with you talking about trade relations, their place in the cold war and the fact that nowadays drug warlords that controls swathes of the country. Either not to exciting or not a very positive note to end on
But... I wanted to hear about all that. We all knew about the Conquistadors, what we really needed was 20th century history.
At a later date : " Mexico the Next Generation "
Blue's noted that he prefers talking about ancient history over 20th-century stuff (let alone 21st-century).
Are we just going to glace over the golden era of mexican movies, televison, el chavo, pedro infante, fucking jose jose? Not All of it was bad and it was an amazing era
5:06 Some pointers, the movement didn’t started as a movement for independence. Miguel Hidalgo was a supporter of the Spanish crown, which at this point was ousted from power by Napoleon. The movement wasn’t one of independence, not formally at least, until 1813.
¿Fue José María Morelos y Pavón el verdadero hombre que inició la independencia verdad?
Compare it to Napoleon's occupation of Portugal, which resulted in the Royal Family fleeing to Brazil and reigning there. (Queen Maria was so senile that when she boarded the boat of exile she was carrying a loaf of bread that she was convinced was a treasure! Depends how hungry you are, of course...)
My favorite country! I love going to Mexico for summer vacation!
Rich people
Have fun and stick to food stalls and not restaurants for the good stuff especially the markets
Go to local restaurant for real good shit
Stay out of the way of cartels sweety
TKT2004 4002TKT Always stay in populated touristy spots, never go out ALONE, always keep an eye on your drink, and stay away from shifty areas.
I would like to see a history segment on South America in general into the modern-day.
If not just to actually have a channel talk about it, as a lot of stuff is happening in there in the present, and I'm really confused as to how it got to this point.
Especially for Brazil, and Colombia
It's largely the most forgotten about continent when talking about the world's history, excepting antarctica. It would be nice to see what Blue thinks of the instability, revolutions, and such of the Latin American countries.
1:50 there has been a lot of academic work the last few decades that shows that armor and guns weren't likely used during early contact. The men of Cortez used political manuevering more than anything (rampaging disease aside). Also, the warm weather would not be conducive to the wearing of armor.
There is a lot of history summarized here and I admire the animation. Just sharing a little specialized knowledge.
You forgot to mention, France also invaded in 1838 with the excuse of "sômə søldīėrs vąndålïsêd mý căkē shőp".
Dude, you where correctly using the name “mexica” and than screw up saying “Aztec”
It's a common mistake
Thomas Mayer yeah man it’s a common mistake that even we mixed natives use
Rooky mistake
how are you supposed to say it? just wondering
butterflyst11 mexica
wow, as a Mexican (living and from Guadalajara) I can tell you this is surprisingly very well researched, for a short video like this. I didnt expected so much care from a a fellow gringo ;) congrats man! Whenever I have the chance to speak with US citizends when going to the beach resorts I'm surprised how little they know about our country, I wished more people from the US were properly educated on our history (at least the basics), so many cool historical places to visit outside the beach resorts, they go all the way to Europe when they can find amazing colonial architecture plus ancient pyramids and ruins just around the corner. Anyways, keep the great work amigo! (props on the pronunciations btw)
Fun fact: the term "gringo" used to refer to someone from the united states comes from the misheard and misinterpetation of the orders that were given out loud to the troops and soldiers that trained close to the borders of the country, that order being "Green, go" as refered to the color of their uniforms or maybe the new recruits(BTW sorry for my bad english)
That's an apocryphal... not true. The uniforms of the US military in that point in history were BLUE
Gringo was used by the Romans, what you said is a misconception
Another theory is that it comes from Americans singing "Green grow the lilacs"!
That's why in Cantinflas's discourse he refered to both reds and greens.
@@brandonsalgado4005 yeah, but in an entirely different langauge
Well, yes, that's the official-nacionalist-government approved history, but in reality thing are not that simple.
Miguel Hidalgo didn't even want Mexico to be independent, that was more of a Morelos idea. Maximiliano was a more liberal ruler than Benito Juárez, that's why the conservatives stoped aiding him, that and the departure of the French army was what lead to the end of the second empire. Maximiliano's only sin was that he wasn't Mexican. The revolution was a huge mess that for the majority of it's duration didn't lead to anything, and from there things get even shadier due to corruption and greedy politicians. Yeah, USA, Spain and France have done horrible things, but Mexico has been screwed the hardest by Mexicans.
Maximiliano's story is kind of sad tbh.
Fun Fact: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was supposed to be much harsher, with the Baja Peninsula and even most of Northern Mexico ceeded to the US. However, the American Diplomat who headed the negotiations was not as Manifest Destiny as President Polk (I think it was him) and only pushed for the bare minimum of California and Texas
Small nitpicks, but I hope that they can shed some light to the Mexican History:
El Grito de Hidalgo, wasn’t really a cry of independence as it was a way for criollos to gain favoritism from the Spanish crown once they got ousted by the French, to paraphrase: “Que caiga el mal gobierno” isn’t something that means “down with the Spanish monarchy” but rather “the French should be defeated and the Spanish king be reinstated”
While Iturbide was the first “Mexican” Emperor, after he got killed and “Democracy” begun it all seemed fine, that was until the second elections happened and the second president was ousted by Vicente Guerrero just out of desire to become president.
Santana basically sold half of the territory after the Mexican-American war mostly to save his own ass from the US and to pay off debts made from the war.
While some people were mad about Porfirio Díaz, he resigned presidency when he was defeated by Francisco I. Madero in 1911 and was exiled to Paris where he died. In 1913, during “La Decena Trágica” (the Tragic Ten Days) Victoriano Huerta stated a coup and had Madero and some of his loyalist killed, and then instated a military dictatorship. Pancho Villa started the “Revolution” to get some revenge on Huerta while Zapata basically only thought of his home town.
In 1929 the Partido Revolución Nacional (PRN) (later PRI) was founded and began the “perfect dictatorship” where they ruled until 2000 with little to no opposition.
In October 2nd 1968, A group of students were massacred in Tlatelolco because they wanted change, this is a big part in history that a lot of people try to forget and cover up.
Today, 5 years ago, we saw another form of heavy corruption in Mexican government with the disappearance of 43 students of Ayotzinapa as cartels and authorities helped gun down and kill these students while the government covered it up.
I still wonder why kill 43 students. The motive is something I don't understand.
@@valterfara5027 From what I understand, because they *could*. The government didn't want to deal with the protest, and it was getting big, so they lied about what was going on and opened fire on unarmed protestor students. They said the demonstrators were armed and were shooting at the police forces, which isn't true and the actual amount of people who died is unknown, but it's said to be around the hundreds. Part of this caused by the massive debt that was acquired for the preparation of the Olimpics.
@@taquito865 Wasn't that the "Masacre de Tlatelolco"?
Valter Fara What Taquito said is the masacre de Tlatelolco.
And to answer the thing about the 43, I don’t know either, it feels very random
2:21 Conquistador: YES, finally! Escape, we can all leave this hell scape and go back to Spain!
Cortes pressing the torch against the ships: what?
But hey I guess it all worked out in the end
Are we just going to overlook the fact that they executed Maximilian I after retaking the north? Franz Joseph I, the Austro-Hungarian emperor, was devastated.
I'm just going to mention that since tomatoes are native to Mexico, if Mexico didn't exist there would be no modern pizza.
also chocolate
¿ D O N D E E S T A E L D O R A D O ?
This killed me XD
What most folk get wrong about "La Malinche/Malintzin/Malinalli" is that, although she herself was from Nahuatl origins (and noble origins), she was sold as a slave by her own people. She was given as a gift to Cortes after the defeat of Tabasco´s forces in the Centla Battle. To whom a slave oughts allegiance to be able to broke it and be called betrayer?
Ah, finally, OSP talks about my beautifully messed up country. Thank you, I love you all.
Not to be a downer but so much was left out in this video, understandable since you're talking about the history of an entire nation but I was expecting a little more interesting details. I was hoping you could've talked about the other non-Aztec empires/kingdoms, and the role indigenous allies played in the Conquest. I also hoped you could've mentioned the Cristeros War since personally I think it's important and sadly often overlooked. But I think it was weird not to have mentioned the cult of Our Lady of Guadalupe since her image has had tremendous impact on Mexican history, culture, and identity.
He didn't mentioned the Malinche and Francisco I. Madero too
It's a summary friend. The thing about summaries is that they leave out whatever they didn't consider important. If you make your own, you should include all of that
Ok just looked up the Cristeros War, wiki says something about the Ku klux Clan supporting the official government. The fuck is that about?
@@roshaunrobinson5266 The thing is, they DID make a history summerized video on Prehispanic civilizations, and it similarly only covered the Aztec, Maya, and Inca, which everybody covers; and even then with a non-negligible amount of errors and omissions. And it's not just Prehispanic stuff, even after the Aztec fell those other states still had to be conquered in a series of wars that took decades. ALso, if you want us to "make our own", here, I did: In 1400 BC, the Olmec site of San Lorezno becomes the region's first (albiet barely so) urban center in 1400 BC, and becomes abandoned by 900 BC, where the more properly urban and socially complex city of La Venta rises to prominence, which is also where our sole example of Olmec writing dates back to. In the following centuries, urban, state societies continue to pop up, notable ones being the early Maya cities such as El Mirador and Kaminaljuyu; the Zapotec city of Monte Alban in Oaxaca, and the rise of the Epi-Olmec culture out of the ashes of the Olmec; and all 3 develop writing; and there with many other independent cities all over. In Western Mexico, during the same period as the Olmec the Capacha are a culture that developed indepedently from them, with far reaching examples of pottery and likely trade, but we don't know much about them or Western Mexican cultures in general.
By around 0-200AD, urban cities with state governments and writing (for the elite, anyways) had become the norm in Mesoamerica, marking the transition from the Preclassic to the Classic period. The Maya are at their height in the classic and late classic, with many tens of large, notable city-states and hundreds of smaller towns all over the Yucatan. Down in Oaxcaca, The Zapotec too have formed many city-states, with Monte Alban in particular rising as the most politically powerful. In Central Mexico, in what's now Mexico city, a volcanic eruption displaces much of the population, including the city of Cuicuilco, the most powerful city in the area. These displaced people immigrate into the city of Teotihuacan, which grows into a huge influential political and religious center, and with a population of up to 150,000, and eclipsing Rome in physical area, , while also having a sewage system and housing even their commoners in lavish palace complexes; is one of the largest cities in the world at the time (El Mirador was as well). Teotihuacan's influence reaches far across the region, establishing many far reaching architectural, artistic, and religious trends, such as the Talud-tablero archtectural style for pyramids, and the proto-typical feathered serpent (IE Quetzalcoatl), even conquering Maya cities 500 miles away. In western mexico, around the end of the preclassic and start of the classic, the Teuchitlan tradition, the first of Western Mexico's complex societies, emerges (maybe, again, Western Mexico's cultures are very understudied), though less so then the rest of the region.
In the latter half of the classic period, you see the rise of El Tajin as a notable influential center among the cities around the gulf coast (around thre same area as the former Olmec and Epi-Olmec, the cities/culture there now reffered to as the "Classic Veracruz", and later in the Postclassic, would be inhabitated by the Totonacs) and Cholula as a notble city in central mexico. Monte Alban begins to fall in esteem, with the Zapotec city of Mitla becoming the most prominent city in Oaxaca instead. Teotihuacan begins to decline as well, and in the Yucatan, the cities of Tikal and Calakmul become essentially two super-power city-states among the Maya, centralizing Maya geopolitics around them. Eventually Tikal and it's allies are able to put down Calakmu. Shortly thereafter, you have the classical Maya collapse, where due to a combination of political instability following this massive war, climate issues, and other factors, nearly all of the large powerful Maya urban centers in the southern Yucatan decline between 700 and 800 AD, with many other key centers around Mesoamerica also doing so. Throughout the Late Classic and Early-Postclassic, West Mexico develops many different city-states with increasing influence from the rest of Mesoamerica.
Moving into the Early-postclassic, yet many other cities still thrive and survive, such as El Tajin and Cholula, as do Maya city-states in the Northern Yucatan, such as Chichen Itza and Uxmal. You begin to see the Mixtec in the Oaxaca and Guerrero regions begin to overtake the Zapotec in prominence, in particular a warlord by the name of 8-Deer-Jaguar-Claw conquered and unified nearly the entire southern Oaxaca/Guerrero region into an empire out of the city of Tututepec. 8-deer had the blessings and support of the Toltec in central mexico, which were apparently, like Teotihuacan before them, a massively influential and far reaching power in the region, maybe operating out of the city of Tula, though most of our accounts of Toltec history and key rulers (such as Ce Acatl Topiltzin) are from Aztec accounts and are heavily mythologized. As a resul, it's hard to seperate history from myth.(or from propaganda, as the Aztecs justified their rule via claiming to be the cultural heirs to the Toltec). Around 1100 AD, the Toltecs fall, and 8-deer is overthrown and killed in an ironic twist of fate where the one member of his enemies family who he left alive rallied a bunch of Mixtec city-states against him.
In the 1200's, The Maya city of Mayapan comes closest to forming a unified Maya state, forming a political alliance of many of the city-states in the northern Yucatan. Due to droughts in northern mexico, you begin to see various Chichimeca (nomadic, non-urban cultures of norhern mexico) groups, the Nahuas, move further south into central and southern Mexico transitioning into urban societies, many settling around the Valley of Mexico and the surrounding areas, led by the legendary King Xototl, displacing local Otomi populations. In particular, the city of Azcapotzalco, which claims heredity from Xolotl, eventually dominates the valley. During the same time as all this in western Mexico, a Nahua group moved down into the Lake Pátzcuaro region, and takes over and becomes the ruling class of Purepecha city of of Pátzcuaro, which conquers many other cities in the area.
In the 1400s, due to a succession crisis in Azcapotzalco, one of it's two heirs assassinates the other, as well as the then king of Tenochtitlan, which was one of Azcapotzalco's vassal, tributary cities; as he also had had genealogical links to the Azcapotzalco royal line and also represented a succession threat. War breaks out, and Tenochtitlan, along with the city-states of Texcoco, and Tlacopan join forces and overthrow them, forming the Aztec triple alliance, and over the next 100 years, rapidly expand and conquer almost all of Central and Southern Mexico. Back to Western Mexico, in the 1450's, Pátzcuaro is overthrown by the fellow Purepecha city of Tzintzuntzan, who rapidly expands to form the Purepecha/Tarascan empire, who would be the Aztec empire's only real compeititon and repel numerous invasions from them. With the Aztec and Purepecha unable to make each other budge, the Aztec, as the Spanish arrive, are in the process of trying to besiege and blockade Tlaxcala, a confederate republic of 4 Nahua city-states (complete with a legislative senate) in an adjacent valley from the Valley of Mexico, who had been able to escape conquest due to their defensible position.
This is the state of things when the Spanish arrive.
@@KanaidBlack Venustiano might be more important in the long run, Madero didn't do much. (But he did show Venustiano, and maybe Madero, I think).
Everything went down hill since we stopped making sacrifices...
Cortes-"Too Late, I'm doing it." is hilarious.