Mesoameica full of culture and civilization. What the English did was to segregate and conquer the native Americas, and this is what makes them an exclusive society, they did not conserve many traditions or religion aspects. You can clearly notice that the Indian element does not appear, and that's another important difference between the two countries, one was full of civilizations and culture and the other one did not had a clear past, just nomadic people that roamed their vast territory. In respect of whether they conserved the ideas and traditions their founders had, I think that the fundamentals are still there in Mexico. The religion is as strong and important as it can be, faith is the most important subject in what a Mexican refers. We have to remember that the catholic religion that now rules Mexico came from the Spaniards, as well as a lot of traditions. But let us just stop for a second and think about which ones are the real founders of Mexico, the indigenous people or the Spanish. Personally, I think both are, both established traditions and culture, and this is what makes Mexico so rich in culture, it is a perfect mix between two different kind of people. The U.S., in the other hand, didn't have any past so the founders are obviously the pilgrims that came down from the Mayflower. And because this people were kind of refugees and wanted to form a new and different country they kind of broke up the bonds that united them to England and started from there what would centuries transform later into the most powerful country in the world. A country that first worked with an isolation policy because of their fears of loosing control over their land. But it was just a question of tie for the U.S. people to start realizing how important was to expand their territory, they gained more and more power every time they acquired new land. And little bye little their fears where gone, so they started leaving the idea of isol...
