Abstract
Both Andres Quintana Roo as the Cuban José María Heredia shared common principles, with slight variations, on the cultural project that was Mexico after Independence. They both longed for the construction of a federal illustrated republic, built though the establishment of institutions composed by educated men in its various branches and specialties, and with a spirit of political and religious tolerance. Heredia and Quintana Roo conceived history as a way to explain social problems and the progress reached at the time by man. In short, history was the discipline that helped to explain Mexico´s situation from a universal point of view.