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Mexicas (Me-she-ka) (1325-1521)Spaniards (under the Spanish crown) (1521-1821)Mexicans (1821 - onward)
Until 1521, several native American tribes from which the Aztecs and Mayans were the most important; from 1521 to 1821 Spain controlled Mexico. From 1821 to this day Mexico is an independent country.
1521 to 1821
When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, all the territories it possessed included Mexico, most of Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica) as well as today's US States of California, Nevada, Utah, Texas and parts of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming.
Only Spain did that (1521 - 1821)
No. From 1521 until 1821 it was an overseas colony of Spain.
1821
For three hundred years (1521 - 1821)
Mexico was a colony of Spain from 1521 until 1821.
Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortez conquered Mexico in 1521. Then Mexico became a colony of Spain until 1821 when it won its independence war (1810-1821).
1540, and 1821
Three hundred years, from 1521 (The fall of Tenochtitlan) to 1821 (The Three Guarantees Army entering Mexico City).