Mexican Culture Essay

Being an American of Mexican descent I had two different cultures shoved in my face that of my heritage and that of my birth. My grandparents immigrated to the United States in search of a better life for their children and they have lived the American Dream but they never forget where they came from and have taught my sister and I about out culture. We learned Spanish and English at a young age so that we could communicate with family and hear the stories of El Cucuy and La Llorona but also of Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl. We heard of ancient Aztecs that once ruled huge parts of Mexico but that they also would sacrifice people to the gods. The family is the building block of any society and we are extremely family oriented with an emphasis …show more content…
Mexico’s history spans thousands of years with the history of the Olmec even before the birth of Christ. When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in Mexico in the 1500’s it marked a downwards spiral with the indigenous Aztecs and other groups but a source of land and resources for the Spanish empire. Hernan Cortes and La Malinche would play a role in the fall of the Aztec Empire and eventually the conquest of what is today Mexico. Under Spanish rule, the indigenous faced similar problems as the natives did in North America and the United States after its founding. For 300 years the Spanish would rule until a priest by the name of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla led a battle cry which would lead the a war for independence. After gaining independence a short-lived dictator by the name Agustín de Itúrbide took over and a year later Antonio López de Santa Anna overthrew him. Santa Anna drafted a new constitution and was president of Mexico when the Battle of the Alamo took place. A few years later the Mexican-American war took place and Mexico would end up selling California and parts of other Southwestern states for $15 million. Mexico under the presidency of Benito Juarez faced the French and a famous battle that is celebrated on the 5th of May in Puebla. After the brutal dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz, the Mexican people were tired of dictators and the Mexican Revolution occurred in 1910. It

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Essay On Mexican Culture