The History of Mexico in 16 Minutes

As a native Mexican and anthropologist (who specializes in Mesoamerica)…this video is physically painful to watch.
If I had 2 hours to spare, I’d sit here and itemize every single inaccurate bit of information.
Suffice to say— if you watch this video, please view it as strictly “entertainment” and not as “historically accurate”.
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They just skipped over Benito Juerez like he never existed😂

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I wouldn't have wanted to be one of those Spaniards captured by the Aztecs and sacrificed on the altar.

That was Gonzalo de Sandoval not Pablo.

Why the fuck did the story start with Spain. Worst story ever.

Did this guy just say 250 Spaniards took over the entire Aztec empire? Find it hard to believe

Incredible..that people back then just thought they can go places that has people living there already and claim it and change everything..SMH..:(

A lot here is wrong or omitted

the fact that it's called "the night of sorrows" it's ridiculous.

Wrong.

“Enslaved the native people” is not even close to accurate wth? This is why these videos should be made by Hispanics

Anglo propaganda and this is coming from someone born in NYC USA.

The video tone is unnecessarily pro-conquistador, which is disappointing.

Este estadounidense no sabe nada de México, dice puros disparates. Tipo soberbio inicia diciendo que la historia de México es similar a la de su vecino superior, estaba de más decir eso, y para nada es similar, México tiene una historia y cultura más rica que la del vecino ladrón del Norte. Ahí nisiquiera hubo civilizaciones avanzadas ese "país" lo creo la escoria llegada de Reino Unido, Países Bajos y demás, eran lo peor de Europa.

Who's watching this in 2024? Raise your hand 🙋

Bruh most of what you say is wrong way off, how did he flee yo United States when at that time it wasn’t United stated how we have it now, it was still Spanish territory. I suggest you do your research and really elaborate on saying how things really happened. Also Texas was part of Mexican territory and the battle of the Alamo was because us separatist wanted to take over the territory that didn’t belong to them. You are way way way off..!

Sonoma ca was Mexico

I love how you spent more time talking about the Conquista and Napoleon in Spain than independent Mexico, completely glossing over key parts of Mexican history such as the Reform War and the PRI; as well as barely mentioning others like the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution. I'm sorry, but this isn't a good video on Mexican history at all, it's barely serviceable as an introduction.

Well, taking historical accuracy lessons from a Smithsonian point of view, in order to deter , a Thing call “ manifestation of destiny” is another coin, but one thing I can say, Spanish were like todays modern day Mexicans in most ways, really not too different in caliber, Spanish and Spanish/white Mexicans are just distant relatives from the history of Cortes V Montezuma; conquest, but there are the 1% ERS in Spain who claims 100% Spanish bloodline vice versa with Mexicas/Nautl in Mexico . Thus leaving mestizos in the middle of zealous bigotry .

Mexico had a big debt with Spain France and England when Benito Juarez became president settled the debt but France wanted to dominate Mexico and it didn't invaded once but twice due to that exhausting war between France and Spain US found an opportunity to provoked under James Polk another war which caused Mexico to loose their terretories from California all the way through Wyoming but of course most of the history books won't mention that since it's an embarrassment to the US

Lot of lies said in this video. Anglos/Yankees shouldn't tell the history. They always misunderstand and make impresitions on historical facts with no good intentions more that clean their image in the world. First that all Mexico/New Spain never was a colony: It was part of a global hispanic empire and therefore part of Spain. To be honest, i'm not willing to discuss the history of my country with manipulated american people. If they choose to keep ignorants, who am I to avoid it? 😂

At the end of the day, american people believes everything what they listen or are told in TV or social media, even if you tell them bull shit.

I think you spent way too much time talking about Cortes toppling the Aztecs and Napoleon invading Spain.

You are trying to cover the History of an entire Country in 16 minutes, and I think that Cortes and Napoleon should have been mentioned for 1 sentence each, at the most.

I am 10 minutes into your video, yet I have Learned nothing about the Culture of Mexico, the Economy of Mexico, nothing.

Sadly, the fremasons won (Santa Anna, Benito Juarez, Porfirio Diaz, Plutarco E. Calles). But they failed to destroy the Catholic Church in Mexico thanks to the Cristero war. Viva Cristo Rey!

Mexico would be a better country if they went back to being Spain.

Santa anna was a sell out to Mexico

Cortes never conquered México, This territory was a vice kingdom, not a colony.

Totally skipped over the Cinco de Mayo part and Benito Juarez

They forgot to mentioned
Pancho Villa and Zapata.

Everyone should thank the texans for the West. The worst decision by Mexico was renting out that land, but it was perfect timing for the united States as mexico was going through transitions of power.

The Mexica never beloved Cortez was a god 🤦🏽‍♂️ that’s been disproven a long time ago.

Our history as a nation/civilization is nothing like that of our northern neighbor. No serious historian would ever claim that.

Well Done

The downfall of the Aztecas was mostly due to Diseases and religious beliefs the Aztecas were very weak by millions dying and their beliefs in their religion was to injure the Spaniard and take him alive captive for sacrifice.

Glad to see how many of the comments here are setting the record straight and challenging. This very bad video on Mexican history. Nothing pre-Colombian is visited at all. So we don’t know about the origin of the Aztecs, or the end of the Maya Empire before the arrival of the Spaniards, zero on the Mexicas, Olmecs, Toltecs, Mixtecs, Zapotecs, etc. Too much time is spent on the details of the conquest, and it even gets important parts of that wrong. Then we have 19th century European history. And the terrible pronunciation of Spanish names and words is beyond bad. In 1810 the north of Mexico was not the United States. The US annexation of northern Mexico and genocidal replacement of the Mexican and native populations in Texas starts in 1848.

Anglo Propaganda

Big Trinidad 🇹🇹

Mutt country Mutt War

Their is so many errors here for example Hidalgo never rebelled against the Spanish crown he only allied himself to king Ferdinand VII against Napoleon's brother Joseph. The situation in New Spain at the time was stable and the majority of the population which still is indigenous today prefer the crown because it protected them against the rich white criollo wealthy elites of Mexico. Mexico was the only country in Latin America to gain its independent without firing a shot unlike South America.

Get your Story wright. Research first the History of Mexico from the beginning there's alot of disinformation here.

You are pronouncing peninsula the wrong way.

Do Central America History!!!!

They did not think Spaniard was a god, just not true.

Such a stupid narration… “the Aztecs were winning! Until 3 guys charged at them!”