and authorities of their oppressors, knowing that it was the only means at their disposal to deal with the spaniards, and sabotage the construction of the new Spain project, where they had no place." (Guillermo Marín. 2001)
The colonial period, far from living peace with resignation, it was a rough adaptation of people who had lived in sovereign freedom for thousands of years, passing through a solid family education and a scrupulous and rigid social structure; with respected and ancient moral, social, ethical and religious standards, with ancient laws, with solvent institutions and honest authorities they recognized and accepted; to a new reality, in which invaded and defeated peoples, did not have any rights. Their laws, institutions and authorities were brutally destroyed and dismantled; to replace them the invader imposed those useful for exploitation. During the last five hundred years, first by indigenous and then mestizos have created, recreated and maintained a wide and complex "culture of resistance". As Dr. Guillermo Bonfil Batalla would say, "Incorruptible in their own spaces and extremely corrupt in external cultural spaces". Or, as mexicans accept while not accepting —colonizing impositions—, and as the popular saying goes, “Yes, but no”.
"Thus, the formation of the New Spain society was a tortuous process, conflicting, with multiple tests, experiments and failures. It was the result of theologians and jurists controversies on the nature of "the righteous titles" of the King to the Indies domination; disagreements and struggles between colonials, religious and civil servants; on the need for spanish institutions to adapt to the new environment. And above all, of the practical difficulties to govern and control a large indigenous population which, although defeated, had not been assimilated and often featured a much more effective resistance of what might be expected, clinging to their land, government forms, beliefs and customs." (Felipe Castro. 1996)
The colonial period represents a real holocaust to indigenous communities. The history of the permanent rebellions was not accurately recorded in the "official history". However, each town and in
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