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What year did Christopher Columbus discover America?
1492
What year was New Spain officially created?
1535
What year did Mexico become an independent country?
1821.
Who ruled New Spain as a representative of the Spanish king?
a viceroy
How many years did Porfirio Díaz stay as president of Mexico?
30 years.
What were the names of the three boats Christopher Columbus used?
La Niña, La Pinta, and La Santa María.
What did the Spanish Inquisition in New Spain try to stop people from doing?
Practicing their old religions.
What was the name of the plan that united groups to help Mexico become independent?
The “Plan de Iguala.”
What year did the Spanish bring the Inquisition to New Spain?
1571.
Why did the Mexican Revolution start in 1910?
People were unhappy because Porfirio Díaz only helped the rich, and poor workers and farmers wanted better rights.
Why did Hernán Cortés cry under a tree on June 30, 1520?
The Aztecs won a big fight, and the Spanish had to run away.
What is the name for people who had both Spanish and Mexican cultures?
Mestizos.
Why did Agustín de Iturbide stop being emperor?
People didn’t want an emperor; they wanted to choose their leaders.
What is the name of the group of Spanish people who were born in Mexico?
criollos
Who became president of Mexico after Porfirio Díaz quit in 1911?
Francisco I. Madero.
How did the Spanish win the battle at Tenochtitlán in 1521?
They surrounded the city and stopped food and water from coming in.
Who invaded Spain in 1807 and caused chaos in Mexico?
Napoleon.
What important document did Mexico create in 1824 to list its rules?
Mexico’s first Constitution.
What happened in Spain in 1807 that weakened the country and helped inspire Mexico’s independence?
Napoleon invaded Spain and put his brother in charge.
What year was the renovation of the constitution for equal development between rich an poor?
1917.
What happened on September 16, 1810, that started Mexico’s independence?
Miguel Hidalgo gave the “Grito de Dolores” to begin the fight for freedom.
What happened in the 1600s that created new cultures and races in Mexico?
The Spanish and indigenous people mixed their cultures, creating groups like mestizos, criollos, and mulatos.
What war started when a French baker claimed his shop was damaged in Mexico?
The Guerra de los Pasteles (The Pastry War).
What was the idea behind the French Revolution that inspired other countries, including Mexico?
Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.”
What were some changes promised in the Constitution of 1917?
Workers got fair pay, shorter work hours, safer jobs, and farmers were promised fair land distribution. The church and military could no longer control the government.