... , Mexican against British, and Maya against Maya. Inhabited by the Maya for well over three thousand years, the Yucatan had become a political and economic focus for the Spanish colonial powers centered in Merida. By the early 1800's, traditional Maya extended-family networks were breaking down as village political identities and local economic interests increasingly guided the administrative ... by approximately 425,000 Maya spread across approximately 75 parish districts, the peninsula was governed by the principle economic unit of the hacienda, a private, landed estate. Priests of Spa...

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... by Napoleon in a war that also became a contest of ideologies between the two countries. French ports were blocked by the Royal Navy, which gained a major victory against the French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. French overseas colonies were attacked and occupied and France was finally defeated in 1815 by a coalition of European armies. The acquisition of the Dutch ... of the white colonies of the British Empire and colonies with non-white populations. Although the empire was characterized by imperial power - enlightened despotism - military imperialism, ultimately becam...

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