Braceros
...this movement, Mexicans were controlled and had no freedom. They were controlled by the Spaniards. After this independence movement between eighteen hundred and eighteen twenty-one they had some problems which still affect us today. During this time, five colonies that were being left out were the southwest states which are California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Utah and Colorado. This war began a social revolt that soon evolved into a counter-revolution. In a way the Mexicans were fighting a middle class war. The Mexican Independence Movement destroyed the economics, politics and the social aspects of the Mexican society. This breakdown of society caused regionalism. That means one’s state’s own rights, this just resulted in a lack of control. The government went through several changes of governmental of governmental systems that all failed except for dictatorship. At the end of the Mexican Independence Movement an important document was established of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. This treaty was made to protect the Mexicans who choose to remain in the United States aft...