The Region of El Norte
El Norte was a vast region composed of modern day South California, South Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and North Mexico. The people of this region, known as Norteños or Tejanos, had a struggling start, and fought countless different factors that could have set them back and even doomed them for extinction. Through all the bumps along the road the region of El Norte boomed and grew, forging its inhabitants to shape to the harsh conditions, making Norteños to be strong, resilient and hard working.
This region was controlled by Spain, the the world’s superpower of the sixteenth century. In the late 1490s Spain had set off to seize control of the Americas. Although the greediness of the Europeans during the fifteenth
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The colonies were so far away from big cities that Norteños had the freedom to develop it’s on culture, a mix of Native Americans and Hispanics. They were “seen as being more adaptable, self-sufficient, aggressive and intolerant of tyranny.” (Woodard, 31). This way of life and culture is still strong in the modern day region, in the United States, and Mexican side alike. Although the region is now divided between two countries you could see, if you visited cities like El Paso, Brownsville or any other bordering Texas city that the separation between Mexico and the United States doesn’t do much to separate the people or the culture.
The region of El Norte had a huge contribution to this country. It helped develop the cowboy lifestyle Texas is so widely known for. It also brought forth the mix of Mexican and American culture and lifestyle, creating a perfect mix of the both. From food to words to agriculture, El Norte merged both cultures and created a unique and rich way of living in the South of the United States and the North of Mexico. (Woodard,
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Although they weren’t the minority in the region they were still treated as such. Regions East and North of El Norte had a deep set racism that was birthed in the colonial times, and it carried on, strengthening as the nation grew. White americans looked down on Norteños because of their mixed race, they considered them as lazy and uneducated, believing they weren't fit to participates in politics. Therefore most office jobs were filled by whites, in a densely Hispanic population, meaning that laws were set to enforce that the residents of this region stayed down. Although outnumbered, whites held most political places, leaving no place for Hispanics to move forward and help make laws to allow them to be more than second class citizens. (Woodard, 28) The belief that Norteños weren’t worthy and equal only strengthened as a surplus of Mexican immigrants arrived in the region of El Norte in the 1820s. (Woodard, 209)
The region of El Norte was often seen as “the forefront of Mexican reform and revolution” (Woodard, 210). This became obvious during the Texas Revolution of 1835-36. The war was fought mostly by Tejanos residing in El Norte, although whites did join the fights in an attempt to push back General Antonio Lopez The Santa Ana, who they saw as a threat of Mexican takeover of their precious land. The Texas Revolution was very successful, in 1836 Texas was considered
Ramos, Raul A. Beyond the Alamo: Forging Mexican Ethnicity in San Antonio, 1821-1861. The University of North Carolina Press. 2008.
Through the study of the Peruvian society using articles like “The “Problem of the Indian...” and the Problem of the Land” by Jose Carlos Mariátegui and the Peruvian film La Boca del Lobo directed by Francisco Lombardi, it is learned that the identity of Peru is expressed through the Spanish descendants that live in cities or urban areas of Peru. In his essay, Mariátegui expresses that the creation of modern Peru was due to the tenure system in Peru and its Indigenous population. With the analyzation of La Boca del Lobo we will describe the native identity in Peru due to the Spanish treatment of Indians, power in the tenure system of Peru, the Indian Problem expressed by Mariátegui, and the implementation of Benedict Andersons “Imagined Communities”.
The early years of colonial Mexico were a time of great change, as the native Indian populations were decimated by disease and increasingly dominated by the Spanish social and economic structure. Under the encomienda system, the initial flood of Spanish immigrants were provided with a support structure in New Spain, as the Indians’ land and labor were put at their disposal in exchange for moral guidance.[3] As Spain sought to reap the benefits of its new colony, the need for dependable labor in Mexico’s agr...
In the years following the Spanish conquests, the southwest region of the United States developed into Spanish colonial territory. Indians, Spaniards, and blacks occupied this territory in which the shortage of Spanish women led to the miscegenation of these cultures. The result of mixing these races was a homogenization of the people of various cultures that came to be called mestizos and mulattos who, like present day Mexican Americans, inherited two distinct cultures that would make their culture rich, yet somewhat confusi...
The following paper will be comparative of the cultures and ideas of the Americans and the Spanish. It will be primarily referring to the paper “Lived Ethnicity: Archaeology and Identity in Mexicano America, by Bonnie J. Clark”. The similarities as well as the differences will be discussed. After the comparisons and contrasts have been established, there will be a prediction of what will happen when these two cultures meet and begin to interact with one another.
Bauer, K. Jack. “Mexican War,” Handbook of Texas Online, last modified June 15, 2010, accessed May 2, 2014, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qdm02
Now, the Mexican Revolution was just a small beginning for the eventual state of Texas. Back in 1809, Texas was just a provenance in the Spanish Empire and its inhabitants were mostly converted Native Americans and people of Spanish descent, but not native born of Spain. The Spanish born people had more rights and were, according to the law, superior to all others. This and more oppression by the Spanish against the Mexicans (i.e. the Native Americans and non-Spanish born), caused an uprising by the common people that was started by a Catholic priest in 1809. It would take 16 more years before Mexico had won its independence from Spain like the US had from Great Britain.
Beginning in 1845 and ending in 1850 a series of events took place that would come to be known as the Mexican war and the Texas Revolution. This paper will give an overview on not only the events that occurred (battles, treaties, negotiations, ect.) But also the politics and reasoning behind it all. This was a war that involved America and Mexico fighting over Texas. That was the base for the entire ordeal. This series of events contained some of the most dramatic war strategy that has ever been implemented.
The increase and changing demography in the United State today, with the disparities in the health status of people from different cultural backgrounds has been a challenge for health care professionals to consider cultural diversity as a priority. It is impossible for nurses and other healthcare professionals to learn and understand theses diversity in culture, but using other approaches like an interpreter is very helpful for both nurses and patients. In this paper of a culturally appropriate care planning, I will be discussing on the Hispanic American culture because, I had come across a lot of them in my career as a nurse. The Hispanic are very diverse in terms of communication and communities and include countries like Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, South and Central America, and some of them speak and write English very well, some speaks but can’t write while some can’t communicate in English at all but Spanish.
Mexicans, as constructed by Menchaca, are a predominantly mestizo population whose mixed ancestry she traces to early Latin American civilizations. In 200 BC the largest city in the Americas, Teotihuacán, was founded. Teotihuacán would one day be the site of Mexico City, and by 650 AD there were between 120,000 and 250,000 inhabitants. (2) Groups that inhabited the region fro...
...ish the defiance but the Spanish with newly acquired allies defeated the advancing army” (Castillo). It was here at Cempoala that the Spanish meet the Tlaxcalans for the first time, prompting a standoff between the two. Openly opposing the Mexica empire, the Tlaxcalans were a force to be reckoned with since they had twice prevented Aztec domination (Portilla) and were suspicious of the Spanish at first especially when the conquistadors accepted gifts from the emperor. A battle ensued in which the Spanish won only because the natives decided they could benefit from a treaty seeing as they had a common enemy. Cortes would think it was his genius in converting the Tlaxcalans to his cause but really it was them manipulating them for their own agenda. As a result from this battle, many other tribes resolved to join the Spanish out of respect including the Tlaxcalans.
Mexico today would not be the same if the historical events and individuals that were there throughout time didn't exsist. With that being said there are three main principle groups in which have contributed to the historical development and cultural evolution of Mexico: the indigenous people, the Africans and the Spanish. They brought many different languages, cultural ideas, architectural, and political ideas many of which lead to many changes.
The history of the Western hemisphere is full of war and conquest. One of the most significant and defining of those conquests is the downfall of the Mexica/Aztec Empire. While there are many other events to choose from, this one stands out since it was one over one of the largest empires in Central America. It is also important to look at because of the immense cultural impact it had. The story of this takeover reads like a movie script, a small band of Spaniards single handedly takes down the most powerful empire in Central America. It was an epic battle, which unfortunately led to the destruction of a magnificent culture. As in any major historical event there are many underlying themes and storylines that come together to make the event happen. The Spanish conquest of the Aztec is no different. Three major themes are seen in this struggle. One of them is the incredible advantage that the Spaniards technology gave them over the Aztecs. A second major theme is the greed that fueled the conquests in the New World. The last major theme was the effect of the political divisions and rivalries within Montezuma’s Central American Kingdom. As this historical event progressed each one of these themes began to intertwine until they became an almost unstoppable force.
To begin, the Mexican culture is very conservative. The American culture is the complete opposite. When you are an American born Mexican it is very hard to decide which side is correct. I was so close to my Mexican culture that when I was actually exposed to the American culture it was like I was from a foreign place. When I
Both La Ciudad (1998) and El Norte (1983) show the lives of immigrants in the United States and how they face poverty and destitution. While La Ciudad shows the perspective of various different immigrants already in the United States through vignettes, El Norte follows a brother and sister on their journey to the United States and shows what their life is like once they arrive. Both films, however, have common themes of poverty and destitution for immigrants. For instance, both films show the disappointing reality they face once they actually make it o the US. In addition, both films explore how immigrants are pressured to only looking out for themselves and how they stand up to that pressure.