Jack of Harts

New Spain played host to many revolutionary movements over the centuries of Spanish rule, some of Indian focus and some by Spaniards who simply wanted more freedom from the crown. The 1800s proved the bloodiest time for New Spain though. Napoleonic France conquered Spain, leaving the rest of the Spanish Empire in turmoil. Would they be loyal to the new French-installed ruler, their deposed king, or themselves? Brushfire rebellions burned in Texas, Mexico, and other colonies, and were put down by the local Spanish authorities with extreme brutality in an effort to teach the locals a lesson. Father Hidalgo led a peasant rebellion in 1810 that sparked a decade-long revolution that would inevitably lead to the creation of the First Mexican Empire in 1821. The Spanish Empire of course did not accept this and attempted to retake Mexico several times in the years that followed. It was a complicated time for the Spanish Empire, the New World, and everybody it touched.