Mexico was a Spanish colony.
Three centuries later , this territory became Mexico following recognition in 1821 after the colony 's Mexican War of Independence .	Mexican	Mexican people	Independence	Mexican War of Independence	Mexican War of Independence	Mexican War of Independence
The Mexican War of Independence -LRB- -LSB- Guerra de Independencia de Mxico , links = no -RSB- -RRB- was an armed conflict , and the culmination of a political and social process which ended the rule of Spain in 1821 in the territory of New Spain .	New Spain	New Spain
