Mexican War of Independence

Question 1

Augustine de Iturbide

Answer 1

Military leader - 1st emperor of Mexico; Ended colonial rule + declared independence from Spain; Mexico’s independence, the establishment of Roman Catholicism as the state religion, and equality for Spaniards and creoles

Question 2

Treaty of Córdoba

Answer 2

Treaty that granted Mexico independence

Question 3

What caused the Mexican Revolution?

Answer 3

Social inequality; Economic Exploitation

Question 4

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

Answer 4

Father of the Mexican Independence Movement; Led an army of mostly poor mestizos and indigenous people, advocating for land reforms and the end of Spanish oppression

Question 5

Enlightenment ideas

Answer 5

Equality + liberty; social change

Question 6

Queretaro club

Answer 6

Allowed different kinds of people to meet in different houses; Secret meeting place where revolutionaries could strategize and organize efforts to overthrow

Question 7

Cry of doloros

Answer 7

Revolt - Similar to Reign of Terror; Started the Mexican War of Independence; Inspired people from various social classes to join the fight against colonial oppression; Mexicans to rise up against Spanish rule; Mexico’s Independence Day

Question 8

Guerrilla Army

Answer 8

Army that used warfare tactics—ambushes, hit-and-run attacks, and sabotage—to combat the better-equipped government troops

Question 9

Caudillos

Answer 9

Strongmen in Brazil

Question 10

Despot

Answer 10

Absolute monarch

Question 11

Enlightenment Ideas

Answer 11

Popular sovereignty