ips coming from Europe to this "new" land, it not only came diseases and new governments, it also came a new way of living, thinking, and acting. But despite all of the differences, these two lands have something in common: they were conquered. The two countries that conquered them were different from each other since the beginning, making the differences between U.S. and Mexico even more marked. Spain, who conquered Mexico, was influenciated by two cultures: the Muslim and the Catholic which bonded in order to create a unique culture, which conserved traditions form both. In the other hand England, the one that conquered U.S., had a culture and religion based on Protestantism. In this exact moment we can understand what the Mexican writer, Octavio Paz, was trying to explain us the differences on the countries on his essay: "Only two words can describe the different attitudes between Mexico and the United States: inclusive and exclusive" (Paz, 1965). Personally, I believe that the inclusiveness of Mexico can be expressed by the idea of Spanish to conquer and evangelize. Spain came here with the idea, yes, of gaining more land, but they also came with ideas of implanting Catholicism in a country they called "New Spain". Just by reading this name you can tell that the intention was to create a country that was exactly alike Spain, but the results were a lot different, Mexico is now one of the richest countries in what culture reefers about. It is a mix of two completely different cultures, the Spanish and the Indigenous. New food, new territory, new religion, new traditions, new parties, a new culture, "Mexico is a nation between two civilizations and two pasts" (Paz, 1965).In the other hand the States, conquered by the English, experienced a whole new culture when they came to America. The English had the idea of expanding and being idenpendent, but they faced and arid zone almost nonpopulated, which contrasts to the wonderful...
