Claim: Mexico was a Spanish colony.
Evidence: Three centuries later , this territory became Mexico following recognition in 1821 after the colony 's Mexican War of Independence.
The Mexican War of Independence -LRB- -LSB- Guerra de Independencia de México , 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.