Treaty of Córdoba

Audience

The audience of the Treaty of Córdoba was threefold. First, the audience was the Mexican people. The treaty confirmed that they had achieved independence, and it assured them that the transfer of power would be peaceful and that the new government would adhere to the three guarantees of the Plan of Iguala. The document was also, of course, a notification to the Spanish Crown that the colony of Mexico had successfully broken away from the mother country. It notified the Crown of the terms that its representative had agreed to and offered the Mexican throne to the Bourbon dynasty of Spain.

Finally, the document also served as notification to a hemispheric and global audience. The Mexican War of Independence was part of a larger struggle against the Spanish Crown; other Latin American colonies took heart from Mexico's success and redoubled their own efforts. Mexico joined two other newly established American nations, the United States and Haiti, both of which had also fought for independence. On a global scale, by signing the Treaty of Córdoba, Mexico entered into world politics, becoming a sovereign nation.