Wars, famine, natural disasters, etc..
The thing that father hidalgo and father morelos have in common is : they believed that Mexicans should benefit from improvements
And this eventually will lead to the development of Mexican's human quailty resources
I think it was James Madison
It grew exponentially in this period because in the aftermath of the second world war, there was a baby boom as a result of numerous young couples created by high amounts of returning soldiers.
They kept the people together
