An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . a considerable degree of ill-will against Spain andthe Spaniards, which would probably have manifested itself in resist-ance and rebellion, if they had not feared that the native populationwould take advantage of such a circumstance to effect their owndestruction. They had still to fear another enemy which had grownup imperceptibly among them. Few of the Spaniards had broughwives
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . a considerable degree of ill-will against Spain andthe Spaniards, which would probably have manifested itself in resist-ance and rebellion, if they had not feared that the native populationwould take advantage of such a circumstance to effect their owndestruction. They had still to fear another enemy which had grownup imperceptibly among them. Few of the Spaniards had broughwives with them. From their intercourse with the native womensprung up a race called metis, or mestizos, which increased stillfaster than that of the Creoles, who, however, being in possessionof great wealth, were well aware that as long as a regular govern-ment subsisted they had nothing to fear either from the natives orthe mestizos. This will account for the fact, otherwise difficult ofexplanation, that no signs of active dissatisfaction manifested them-selves in Mexico during the first thirty years after the United Statesof North America had obtained their Independence, though the11 B2 RECENT HISTORY OF JOSSPH BON AP Mexicans were well acquainted with the advantages which thenneighbours had obtained. It is even possible that the political condition of Mexico wouldnot have undergone any change for a long time, but for the eventsin Europe and in Spain, in 1808. By the intrigues of Bonaparte, theroyal family were compelled to abdicate the throne of Spain, and heconferred the whole Spanish monarchy on his brother Joseph, thenKing of Naples. The Spaniards in Mexico and the Creoles wereunanimous in declaring their resistance to the government establishedby the French. The viceroy could no longer receive orders fromSpain, and it was necessary to organize a government which shouldact independently under a certain sanction, and with , as to this point, they di
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