In Rivera's work there are the history of the Mexican people, this people are generally represented doing their jobs or at traditional festivals. He also painted about the oppression of indigenous people and peasants, the drawings are picturesque and populated.
Diego Rivera sought to revive the pre-Hispanic in the contemporary of his time. Thanks to this, he renamed mexicanidad through galleries, museums and murals in the United States and Mexico. This art became an instrument at the service of the ideals of revolution and social demand in the framework of the class struggle.
New Netherlands was renamed New York on September 8, 1664, when the English took over it in honor of the Duke of York and Albany. This was in honor of James II of England in whose name the English had captured it
