Mexico and the United States each have a constitution and a federal
system of government. This fact has led many historians to assume
that the Mexican system of government, established in the 1820s, is
an imitation of the U.S. model. But it is not. In this
interpretation of the independence movement, Nettie Lee Benson
tells the true story of Mexico's transition from colonial status to
a federal state. She traces the Mexican government's beginning to
events in Spain in 1808-1810, when provincial juntas, or
deputations, were established to oppose Napoleon's French rule and
govern the country during the Spanish monarch's imprisonment. These
provincial deputations proved so popular that ultimately they
became the established form of government throughout the provinces
of Spain and its New World dominions. It was the provincial
deputation, not the United States federal system, that provided the
model for the state legislative bodies that were eventually formed
after Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821. This
finding-the result of years of painstaking archival
research-strongly confirms the independence of Mexico's political
development from U.S. influence. Its importance to a study of
Mexican history cannot be overstated.
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