First Conquest Of Mexico

To know a Mexican you must know the past you must know their ancestors and what they have been through. Mexico has been not through one conquest, but two conquests. Mexico was made of many different indigenous groups before the 1st conquest. More than ninety two percent of the population in Mexico was killed. The eight percent that remained either became a slave or fled north of Mexico to what now is Texas, California and New Mexico. The second conquest consisted in land being taken over by the United States. There was a war over the territory of what today we call the state of Texas. This all started with the United States starting a border without the land of Texas belonging to them. This later caused a big all out war between Mexico and the United States which lasted two years. The Mexican identity has been influenced and impacted in religious ways and the race we are official. The official Mexican ideal was changed throughout the years deteriorating the real identities of Mexican. Before the conquest the indigenous groups had their own ways religion played a big role in their community. Most indigenous groups believed in more than one god, unlike …show more content…
Mexicans were of lower class due to economic issues. “After 1910, in fact, almost one-eighth of Mexico’s population migrated to the, United States as a result of the push and pull of economic necessity. Southwest agri-businessmen “imported” Mexican workers to fill the need for cheap labor, and this influx signaled the beginning of even greater Anglo manipulation of Mexican settlement or colonias” (Acuna). Mexico economic status was bad and people needed money and because most people needed money the Americans would take advantage. Being part of the lower class played a big part in why Mexicans would go to America and work for very low wages. Mexicans needed the money to support their families and most people crossing to take these jobs were men