1808: The decline of Creole patriotism in Mexico.
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Mexico, 18th century, 19th century, independence, identity.Abstract
In 1808, a coup d’état led by the Audiencia and the powerful Consulate for Spanish Trade in the City of Mexico ousted the viceroy. It was set off by the support that the highest authority had been giving to the proposals from the Cabildo, the government of the capital, over the previous months, to call a Junta of towns and cities to represent and govern New Spain following the Bayonne abdications. This episode is well known. The article does not reconstruct events but tries to show an important consequence of the coup: the downfall of the Creole patriotism movement that had been building up throughout the 17th century, and had upheld the right of Mexican Creoles to self-government for two centuries. The thesis is that the traditional Creole discourse had been purposely shaped around an idea of the historic constitution of the monarchy, which became less realistic after 1808, although Friar Servando Teresa de Mier, the last champion of Creole patriotism continued to uphold it.Downloads
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