RE: Guadalajara, Mexico Then And Now - A Tour Through The Historic Center
At 3:00 you mention something a bit unsettling: Mexicans didn't want to get rid if Spain at the start, but of France that had invaded Spain! Bonaparte had taken over the Crown at Spain and deposed both Ferdinand VII (the true king) and his father, and placed his brother Joseph instead... The first rebellions were against the French, and in favour of the Spanish... Some patriotic flags even bore the letters FVII atop of them: Ferdinand VII.
So "the thumb of Spain" is not too accurate, because we all speak Spanish and (most of us) practice Christianity, which are both Spanish heirlooms. We did want an autonomous government (also here in South America), and the Republican systems already in place in Spain, the USA and France (and also Greece ages ago) seemed more fitting for the times that ran back then... NOTHING PERSONAL, FERDINAND. xD
Edit: wow, I do have to add, what a fantastic building that one is! Teatro Municipal? Nice neoclassical style! would be grand to see it some day, ill write it down 8-)
Thank you for the clarification. Our tour guide wanted us to do the majority of the talking, so we were trying to relay accurate information. We're not knowledgeable about the history, but we probably could have phrased that part a little better. Thanks for watching!
No problem. Thanks to you for the vid! #History matters a lot to me; probably a lot less to other people, but still, for the likes of me, the clarification is important. We've lived deceived for ages thinking all sorts of things about our #European forefathers, when in fact, they were not as looked down upon as we've been led to believe. For instance, the great "liberator" of #SouthAmerica, #SimonBolivar, started his "revolution" to amass power and take it from Spain-borne #Spanish (he was a colony-borne Spanish, a #creole or "mantuano"). He also did not come up with the first Republics in #Hispanic spheres; the #FirstSpanishRepublic won the race there. Above all, he did not mean to revolt against the Spanish (at least not at first), but against the #French, as I already stated. So yeah, a bit of "Plus Ultra" from me. :D Thanks for reading.