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Originally Posted by Tribesman
But surely mexicans were mexicans as soon as mexico came about which was in the 1500s.
So does that mean that those complaining about their Presidents lack of knowledge and his rewriting of history are the ones who are displaying their own lack of knowledge and are rewriting history.
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This thread's title... talk about seriously rewriting history for our 44th president...
But on, it would behoove anybody who is actually interested in this to readup on his quote.
"Long before America was even an idea, this land of plenty was home to many peoples. The British and French, the Dutch and Spanish, to Mexicans, to countless Indian tribes. We all shared the same land."
He's actually not incorrect on this, regardless of what people choose to think or openly preach.
By the time Cortes launched his northern military campaigns, several colonial provinces had already been established by the Spanish. Situated between Michoacan, Guerrero, Morelos, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo, and Queretaro was the province of Mexico. Originally, it was called Mexico-Tenochtitlan by the Nahua Aztec tribe the Mexicas who had used this term since the 14th century (they also used the shorter "Mexihco") for their home city (which is what the name translates to be: "city" or "place"; note that by this time, all the natives had all either been killed off or driven away OR had been forced into slavery). The Spanish just used "Mexico" for the region, however, and actually established the capitol Mexico City not but a short time later.
I don't think it's necessary of me or anyone else to tell you how/why they chose "Mexico City" OR for that matter what the inhabitants were called... it's pretty redundant.
Although, it's also pretty redundant that Obama is the president of the country- not some commissar... it's very sad when a person can't figure that out, or figure out how to use Google.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexica
http://www.aboutmexico.net/mexico/etymology.asp