A great number of inner as well as outer factors gear up the fight for independence in New Spain. In France, on the other side of the world, Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ideas of freedom, coequality, and brotherhood that finally led to the French Revolution affected the rest part of the world during this period. Rousseau regarded the society as an absolute agreement between people to live together for the benefit of everyone with equality and liberty. In a little while everyone began to talk about equality, independence, and the idea of independent nations and honest representation.
Neighboring to Mexico countries such as the United States became infected by the independence spirit all through the colonies of the world. They were prepared to struggle for what was fairly theirs.
The forced dethronement of Ferdinand VII from the Spanish siege and his fast substitution by Joseph Bonaparte raised the point regarding the matter, who was to rule New Spain. The Spanish native peninsulars or guachapins and Mexican native creoles had unlike suggestions. Either peninsulares or elite class creoles didn’t wish to lead the native Indians and mestizos into administration but both had extremely polar ideas as to who must become a new head of New Spain.
In the year of 1808 Jose de Iturrigaray, who was the Viceroy, tried to create a Junta Provisional with a core Creole part but certainly this idea was rejected by the Real Audiencia in the capital - Mexico City - who decided to preserve submission to the regency and the junta of Seville. In awe of reforms that may lead to a self-governed armed attack Iturrigaray was arrested by peninsulares. The Real Audiencia also punished cruelly all creoles suspected of betrayal. Though the reform progress stopped, political and economic unsteadiness in the Old World went on as well as indigence and unrest in both Americas. This might be regarded as the first step of independence. The creoles tried to get back their rights as rulers of New Spain.
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