Notes: Colonies and Revolution

USA	Mexico

- many people came from England to settle	- many people came from

beginning in the 1600’s	France and England to settle

- they came looking for gold, land, freedom - they came looking for gold,

spices, land, women, etc.

- the settlers brought disease, new culture	- the settlers/conquerers brought disease, guns, religion (Catholic)

- a social order was established: English	- a social order was

indentured servants	established: Spanish

slaves/Native Americans	mestizo

indios/slaves

- in both social orders, the newly arrived settlers soon put themselves above the native

populations.

- In the mid 1700’s, both the new North American colonies and Mexico were still

COLONIES of England and Spain, respectively. (Discuss what remote control was

like).

- 1776 – the Declaration of Independence	- 1810 Father Hidalgo leads

a revolt = the Mexican Revolution

- 1781 – The US creates its Constitution	- 1824 Mexico creates its

Constitution

Notes: Colonies and Revolution

Stephen Aldrich

2004-09-22T14:10:00