A young child is eager to reach the age of adulthood after constant badgering from a society that recites the rules he must abide by. Injured and handicapped, a woman cannot move freely as others around her do. A frail elderly is unable to bathe, or get out of bed without the assistance of another person. These different scenarios illustrate the helplessness to exert one’s own free will, without depending on those who maneuver and control their life. Independence means voluntarily choosing what best serves their personal interest as means to achieve fulfillment and happiness.
Physical, and age constraint, can prevent complete independence, but the definitive deterrent to independence is one that is governed by a foreign entity who dictates …show more content…
Unfortunately, this was not the case as racial divides known as castas were implemented, further damaging and preventing social mobility to all non-white Europeans in New Spain. Corruption was also another problem since city officials were bought off, to sway political and religious power in favor of white Europeans where it was to remain. The cultural preservation of indigenous communities throughout New Spain was challenged by Spain’s military forces, who wanted to appropriate themselves of their natural resources, including silver and gold, land for trading ports, agriculture, enslaving the indigenous, the enforcing of tributary payments toward Spanish crown and ultimately establish the Spanish monarchy. These among many other social and political inhibitors contribute to a movement of liberation from European rule in Mexico, resulting instead in a shift of power, and the indigenous never benefiting from …show more content…
However, unlike Mexico’s movement for independence was driven by power, the principal difference in the United States movement for independence is fueled by Capitalism. Great Britain imposed heavy taxes on goods such as tea, sugar, and stamps to create revenue and quarter British troops in America, policies that was faced with great Americans opposition in the new colonies. Great Britain increases their military to stabilize an Americans insurgence, prompted by a series of congressional meetings to produce resistance against them. In time America fires against Great Britain’s military men, thus begins the American Revolution. The ends the feudal system and allows the United States for exploration in uncharted lands, soon realizing with the creation of estate economy it can generate wealth by collecting profits off private lands. This means land can be owned and privatized, and be sold or leased or crate factories which leads to industrialism as a means of production to generate profit for wealth which is defined by capitalism. The Americans recognize this as a beneficial system to the economy and want to spread it from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, which leads to expansionism. The Americans believe their right to expand territories is sanctioned by the Manifest Destiny, a credence given by God. “The Protestant American God wants the
Physical, and age constraint, can prevent complete independence, but the definitive deterrent to independence is one that is governed by a foreign entity who dictates …show more content…
Unfortunately, this was not the case as racial divides known as castas were implemented, further damaging and preventing social mobility to all non-white Europeans in New Spain. Corruption was also another problem since city officials were bought off, to sway political and religious power in favor of white Europeans where it was to remain. The cultural preservation of indigenous communities throughout New Spain was challenged by Spain’s military forces, who wanted to appropriate themselves of their natural resources, including silver and gold, land for trading ports, agriculture, enslaving the indigenous, the enforcing of tributary payments toward Spanish crown and ultimately establish the Spanish monarchy. These among many other social and political inhibitors contribute to a movement of liberation from European rule in Mexico, resulting instead in a shift of power, and the indigenous never benefiting from …show more content…
However, unlike Mexico’s movement for independence was driven by power, the principal difference in the United States movement for independence is fueled by Capitalism. Great Britain imposed heavy taxes on goods such as tea, sugar, and stamps to create revenue and quarter British troops in America, policies that was faced with great Americans opposition in the new colonies. Great Britain increases their military to stabilize an Americans insurgence, prompted by a series of congressional meetings to produce resistance against them. In time America fires against Great Britain’s military men, thus begins the American Revolution. The ends the feudal system and allows the United States for exploration in uncharted lands, soon realizing with the creation of estate economy it can generate wealth by collecting profits off private lands. This means land can be owned and privatized, and be sold or leased or crate factories which leads to industrialism as a means of production to generate profit for wealth which is defined by capitalism. The Americans recognize this as a beneficial system to the economy and want to spread it from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, which leads to expansionism. The Americans believe their right to expand territories is sanctioned by the Manifest Destiny, a credence given by God. “The Protestant American God wants the