Mexico´s Independence Day

Mexico has always been a free country.

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Just like the U.S., México had to fight for its independence.

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Christopher Columbus arrived in the New World in 1492.

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Spain sent their men over to the New World to look for plants.

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In 1521, the last Aztec ruler, Cuauhtémoc, was captured.

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Under Spanish rule, México was known as ¨New México.¨

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Spain ruled over México for almost 300 years.

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The king of Spain was a kind ruler to México.

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The U.S. had just own their freedom from England, so the people of México felt it was time from them to fight for their freedom from Spain.

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The heroes of the revolution for México were: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and José María Morelos y Pavón.

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