The caudillos took advantage of the government in Mexico being in shambles after the independence movements. As discussed in chapter 3 the people kicked the Spanish out of the country and there were land grabs and a very big power vacuum. The caudillos were quasi-military units who could use their military units to take over the government. During the time after the independence movements the people were looking for stability instead of one group fighting the other to the death and killing other innocent common people. As discussed in class the caudillos’s were men who were strongman leaders who often posed as reformers. The people believed them to be men who wanted to improve the economy and make life better for the average man. In the
