Chapas Conflict

The revolution in 1836, “introduced new ways of doing things, a new language, and a new socioeconomic and political order” (p. 169). Americans always believing in their white race superiority, brought with them a clear racism sentiment, seeing dark skinned people as inferior.As a consequence of these racist ideas, “Harassment and persecution appeared as daily occurrence” for Tejanos people simple because, “they were Mexicans” (p. 170). The abuse was extreme that many Texans decided to flee with their families to other states in Mexico. Then, Squatter occupied the land left behind, invading Texas and the Anglos increasingly invaded the state of Texas until arriving at a point of consider “banishing Tejanos form the Republic” (170). Another conflict point was that Mexican-Tejanos were always against slavery, but for the Americans, slavery was an essential part of their economy. Tejanos frequently help slaves to scape to Mexico; then, as a way to avoid this situation, “The town of Seguin drafted resolutions prohibiting Mexican peons from entering the country and forbidding Mexicans to associate with blacks” (p. 171). In other words, Mexicans would not have the right stay in the land, which for years, belonged to Mexico. Discrimination was getting worse, and Tejanos continued to lose their land, persecuted for crimes they did not commit, and often executed without a reason. The truth was, “These violent attacks were but an extreme form of racism that frequently surfaced in every day affairs”

During the 1970’s, Mexican Americans were involved in a large social movement called the "Chicano movement." Corresponding with the great development of the black civil rights movement, Mexican Americans began to take part in a series of different social protests in which they demanded equal rights for themselves. Composed mainly of Mexican American students and youth, these activists focused on maintaining a pride for their culture as well as their ethnicity to fuel their political campaign. Left out of this campaign initially though were Mexican immigrants.

As the same happened the of the pueblo revolt of 1680. The entire thing that the historian's point out the there are a great deal of circumstances that would make the pueblos revolt. Henry Warner Bowden argues that religion what the primary cause for he pueblos to unite and over throw the Spaniard regime of the southwest. Historian Ramon A. Gutierrez points out that it was the skillful Franciscans who where at first ale to manipulate the Pueblos in to taking the new religion, but after time the pueblos lost interest and where no longer amused by the new religion that was forced upon them. According to Van Hasting Garner the reason that the pueblos took up arm is due the immediate events that happened in that era for example; drought, famine and the apache raids of the 1670's. New Mexican priest Angelico Chaves points out that the reason for the pueblo revolt of 1680 that the actions of Doming Naranjo, a mixed Indian created a stir united the pueblos and created the Revolt. The last argument in the book made by Andrew L. Knaut is the reason for the pueblos revolt of 1680 is that It was just the right time since the pueblos had been resentful towards the Spaniard and with in time the Spaniards lost their ability to keep the pueblos intimidated.

Mexicans have been a people long oppressed. That is evident not only by the readings edited by Zaragosa Vargas in Major Problems in Mexican American History, but also by the the documentary Chicano!. The Mexicans’ past is underscored by conquest of the present-day American Southwest first by the Spanish and then by the United States following the Mexican American War. With other countries establishing control over them, Mexicans have never really been able to establish themselves. Efforts were repeatedly made to shape them into what others perceived them to be. The language they should speak, the religion they should practice, the things they should learn, and the way they should live, were all

Even after the Spaniards left Mexico, while the casta was said to be abolished, fundamental ideas stuck, making it difficult for Mexico to form a democracy. At the top of the Caste, prior to Mexico gaining its independence, were “Peninsulares,” which consisted of people born in the Iberian Peninsula. Since Hernán Cortés colonized Mexico, he established himself as a “Caudillo,” making himself on top of the casta as well. As a Caudillo, Cortés saw himself as a strong man, fit to rule alone. The theory of one-man rule can be traced back to the Colonial period. Other legislative bodies simply went along with the Caudillo’s decisions, (Reading Mexico City 1). The second class citizens were known as “Criollos,” which were people born in the Americas. Criollos had a limit to the amount of power they could attain, preventing them from overthrowing the Peninsulares. Lastly, the Mestizos were at the bottom of the caste, where there were many varieties of them, (Reading Mexico City 2). “To Iberians (peninsulares), mixture was generally viewed as contamination” (20, Reading Mexico City 2). Eventually, the Criollos fought against the Peninsulares because they wanted more power, while the Mestizos fought against independence. The Mestizos felt as though the

The movement protested the restoration of land grants that were taken away from them. Mexican Americans tried to claim back land that was taken away from them in the 1960s. Their actions were based on the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. This treaty was signed by the Unites States as well as Mexico in 1848. This treaty ended the Mexican war. This treaty signed over land to the United States. It was also said that Mexican who were already owners of land would be able to keep it. This was to respect the land grants that they already had. This did not happen and Mexicans lost their land. Those who decided that they were going to stay in the territory that was going to be taken over by the United States were told that they would become United States citizens, and they would gain all the rights of the citizenship. They wanted their land back, so they could build a society of their own where they had control.

Mexicans, even before the turn of the 19th century, revolted against the unfair treatment that they were receiving. Some, like the Partido Liberal Mexicano (PML), went as far as writing about the problems they were dealing with in the United States but most were unsuccessful (Acuna 163). The fight for freedom did not stop there, in the 19th century came the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). The Mexicans were fighting for things like education for their

In the Preface of Major Problems in Mexican American History Zaragosa Vargas writes, "Nearly two thirds of Latinos in the United States are of Mexican descent, or Chicanos- a term of self definition that emerged during the 1960's and early 1970s civil rights movement. Chicanos reside mainly in the Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, and the Midwest. Their history begins in the precolonial Spanish era, and they share a rich mestizo cultural heritage of Spanish, Indian, and African origins. The Chicanos' past is underscored by conquest of the present-day American Southwest first by the Spanish and then by the United States following the Mexican American War" (xv). When one thinks of a Chicano one thinks of the Mayans and Aztecs, the conquests,

Many nations across time and the world have experienced a revolution. From the American revolution to the French revolution, history has proven conflict can engage a nation at any moment. Tanter explains that two possible scenarios, changes in the economic development and the level of education are likely to cause revolutions (Tanter 264). A revolution can be composed of a group of individuals who are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in exchange for change in the existing

refusal to take money from the mal gobierno (bad government).? In addition, the Zapatistas have created five organizational centers (caracoles) and established Juntas of Good Government in each of them in order to ?resolve conflicts and disequilibrium between the centers and the outlying autonomies.? The caracoles mark the EZLN?s first success with regional, as opposed to municipal, autonomy. These Zapatista achievements can be attributed to the local terrain of Chiapas, restrictive legislation, and local and national scrutiny.

Throughout its history Mexico has had many revolutions. The most famous perhaps is the Mexican Revolution from 1910-1920. The people of Mexico were getting tired of the dictator rule of President Porfino Diaz. People of all classes were fighting in the revolution. The middle and upper classes were dissatisfied with the President’s ways. The lower and working class people had many factors such as poor working conditions, inflation, inferior housing, low wages, and deficient social services. Within the classes everyone was fighting; men, women, and children all contributed to the fight for freedom from Diaz (Baxman 2). This revolution proved to be the rise and fall of many leaders.

Colombia is a Latin American country located in South America that has been ravaged by violence, starvation, and large-scale inequality between higher and lower classes. The chaos in Colombia has been between rebel forces and the government and has lasted for over fifty years. These rebel forces have fought to achieve their Liberalist lead goals of overthrowing the current democratic government of Colombia and replacing it with a communist government. La Violencia was the main contributor to the conflict between the resistance fighters of Colombia and the Colombian government that has brought on violence and terror from the violent actions between the Liberal and Conservative parties in the 1950’s. , which has directly brought on the violence and terror from the guerrilla groups.

The book is a non-fiction book written by, Alan Knight and was Published on May 5, 1980.The Mexican Revolution began in 1910, it began as a movement of a middle-class protest against the long standing dictatorship of Porfirio DIaz. In 1876, Diaz, an Indian general in the Mexican Army, took control of the nation and continued to be elected until 1910, he also had held power in 1876-1911. From 1884 to 1911, he was an unofficial ruler from 1880 to 1884, he was a respected political leader. In 1908, DIaz had an interview with an United States journalist James Creelman, and Diaz told James that would be ready for free elections in 1910, so in 1910, Diaz promised the people that he was going to let there be free elections. Porfirio Diaz was born

There were an abundance of social, political, and economical factors that led to the Mexican Revolution. Socially, there was a great displacement in the treatment between the elite and rich classes and the poor classes. Politically, what once started out as a Republic, after they had won their independence, had transitioned into a tyrannical dictatorship. Economically, Mexico was over dependent on loans from foreign nations such as France, Spain, England, and The United State of America.

The pattern of companies recruiting Mexican workers and those workers being deported, and the blatant racism present in America, including actions by the US government laid the foundation for the Mexican Struggle. The people who exploited Mexican workers began by propagating specific stereotypes that were to their favor. These corporations insinuated that Mexicans were genetically made for the kind of work which they were being given. The spreading of these stereotypes played a significant role in the Mexican American reception of Mexican Immigrants. They didn’t want to be associated with the negative ideas being spread around about Mexicans. Thus, they took shelter in their American citizenship and before long, they too were rallying for the same immigration restrictions.