Revolutions 9.02- The Cry of Dolores
Aug 20, 2018
The podcast discusses the Cry of Dolores in 1810 and the factors that led to the Mexican Revolution, including economic issues, disaffected individuals, and the rebellion against the vice regal forces.
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Abdications Spark Local Power Plays
- The abdications of the Bourbon monarchs created a power vacuum that prompted local juntas across Spanish America.
- Mike Duncan shows how New Spain's elites used that crisis to demand political participation and provoke regime change.
Economic Boom Seeds Later Revolt
- The Bajío's mining boom concentrated grievance by drawing migrants into marginal, drought-prone land.
- Economic shocks after 1800 converted cyclical hardship into mass political anger against absentee elites.
Fiscal Reform Radicalizes Elites
- The 1804 consolidation forced the church to call in loans and destabilized wealthy mine owners and merchants.
- That fiscal intervention turned elite creditors into active opponents of vice-regal rule.