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Revolutionary figures in Mexico
On September 16, 1810, a forward-thinking priest named Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla became the father of Mexican independence with a historic proclamation urging his fellow Mexicans to take up arms against the imperial Spanish government. Known as the “Grito de Dolores,” Hidalgo’s declaration launched a decade-long struggle that ended 300 years of Spanish colonial rule, established an independent Mexico and helped cultivate a unique Mexican identity. -
mexican independence
On September 16, 1810, a forward-thinking priest named Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla became the father of Mexican independence with a historic proclamation urging his fellow Mexicans to take up arms against the imperial Spanish government. Known as the “Grito de Dolores,” Hidalgo’s declaration launched a decade-long struggle that ended 300 years of Spanish colonial rule, established an independent Mexico and helped cultivate a unique Mexican identity. -
motives driving the neew imperialism
europe had gained considerable power. Strong, centrally governed national states had emerged, and the industrial revolution had greatly enriched European colonies. -
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imperialism in Latin America
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New Imperialism
Europeans bought most of the world under their influence and control. -
The Berlin Confrence
Fourteen countries were represented by a plethora of ambassadors when the conference opened in Berlin on November 15, 1884. -
Berlin confrence
"The Berlin Conference was Africa's undoing in more ways than one. The colonial powers superimposed their domains on the African continent. By the time independence returned to Africa in 1950, the realm had acquired a legacy of political fragmentation that could neither be eliminated nor made to operate satisfactorily. -
Rapid spread of western imperialism
imperialist nations gained control of most of the world. In europe, imperialism expansion found favor with all classes, from bankers to workers in an oil rig.
