After Mexico won its independence the country was left in ruins. Porfirio Diaz was elected president and he looked to modernize and reform Mexico. The economy in Mexico did change and the country was modernized, but the change was only benefiting the high class. Diaz's ideology was for the good of Mexico but instead he became a dictator loathed by the low class.
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US Goes Pacific: 1898
In 1898 US annexed the islands of Hawaii in the Pacific ocean. At first they justified this action by saying it was the white mens burden to help these uncivilized natives. You could say their intentions were good at first, but later on
the true intentions were recognized. Hawaii was convenient for the navy, the whaler companies, the missionaries, and the annexation primarily benefited the agriculture business men who tried to avoid paying high exportation taxes from Hawaii to US.
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A Fight for Religion or Power?: 1478
The spanish inquisition court was established in 1478. The Inquisition worked in large part to ensure the orthodoxy of recent converts, especially Jews, Muslims and witchcraft. They claimed it was a fight for God and the protection of the catholic religion. The most probable motives for the monarchs to support such treachery were increasing political authority, weakening opposition, suppressing conversos, and profiting from confiscation of the property
of convicted heretics. Many people were murdered and tortured in unimaginable ways, with the excuse of committing treason to God through their believes.
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