The Great Revolution of Mexico A fundamental shift in the governance of New Spain occurred as a result of the War of the Spanish Succession, when Bourbons replaced Habsburgs on the Spanish throne. Ruling by divine right, the Bourbon kings were enlightened despots whose major interests lay in increasing the economic returns from the Spanish Empire; they introduced many French practices and ideas into overseas administration. Having strung a series of mission-forts across northern Mexico, …showed first 75 words of 1778 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1778 total…of revolutionaries. Mexico’s citizens today should be and are eternally grateful for those who fought against oppression just as Americans are thankful for those who sacrificed their families and lives for our county’s independence. Bibliography  1. Frank Tannenbaum, Mexico: The Struggle for Peace and Bread (1950).  2. James W. Wilkie, The Mexican Revolution: Federal Expenditure and Social Change Since 1910, 2nd rev. ed. (1970).  3.Michael C. Meyer and William L. Sherman, The Course of Mexican History, 3rd ed. (1987).