HISTORY
MEXICO LOST MANY STATES THAT ARE NOW IN THE U.S.A. IN 1836. A FEW STATES IT LOST WERE TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, AND MORE. SPAIN RULED OVER MEXICO FOR 300 YEARS UNTIL SEPT. 16TH, 1810. THE PERSON WHO CONQUERED THE AZTECS WAS NAMED HERNAN CORTES. THE REASON CORTEZ WANTED TO TAKE OVER THEM WAS BECAUSE OF THEIR GOLD. CORTES KEPT THE EMPEROR OF THE AZTECS AS A PRISONER IN HIS OWN PALACE AND DIED IN 1520. SPAIN TREATED MEXICO'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LIKE SLAVES AND TOOK ALL THEIR LAND. ON SEPTEMBER 16TH 1810 THE PEOPLE OF MEXICO HAD STOOD UP FOR THEM SELVES AND DECIDED TO FIGHT. THIS IS KNOWN AS MEXICO'S INDEPENDENCE AND IT IS STILL CELEBRATED. BENITO JUAREZ ALSO BECAME AN IMPORTANT PERSON TO MEXICO BECAUSE HE WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT WHO FAUGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS. HE IS STILL HONORED AND REMEMBERED BY THE PEOPLE OF MEXICO.