Mexican Texas: A New Era

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What is a revolution? (¿Qué es revolution?)

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The overthrow of one government and its replacement with another. (El derrocamiento de un gobierno y su sustitución por otro.)

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What is a empresario? (¿Qué es un empresario?)

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A land agent who brought settlers, divided up land, and kept the law. (Un agente de la tierra que trajo colonos, dividió la tierra y guardó la ley.)

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Who were Tejanos and Tejanas? (¿Quiénes eran tejanos y tejanas?)

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The men and women, including children, who lived in Mexican Texas. (Los hombres y mujeres, incluidos los niños, que vivían en el Texas mexicano.)

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What is a viceroy? (¿Qué es un viceroy?) pg. 160

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A person who rules a country as the representative of his or her king and is empowered to act in the king's name. (Una persona que gobierna un país como representante de su rey y está facultada para actuar en nombre del rey.)

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When Father Miguel Hidalgo rang the church bells in Dolores, he started a revolution to end colonial rule from which country?

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Spain (España)

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Is this statement true or false? "May 5 is the date that Father Hidalgo rang the church bells, which is celebrated as birth of Mexican independence, or freedom from Spanish rule."

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False (Falso)

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Is this statement true or false? "One of the reasons that peasants and farmers were angry with Spanish officials was that they took most of the food that the rebels grew."

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True (Verdadero)

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Is this statement true or false? "A frontier is where settled land ends." (¿Es esta declaración verdadera o falsa? "Una frontera es donde termina la tierra poblada".)

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True (Verdadero)

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Is this statement true or false? "The Mexican government helped empresarios bring settlers to Texas because Mexico wanted to stop the United States from gaining control of the area." (¿Es esta declaración verdadera o falsa? "El gobierno mexicano ayudó a los empresarios a traer colonos a Texas porque México quería evitar que Estados Unidos obtuviera el control del área"?)

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True (Verdadero)

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Who established ranching in Texas? (¿Quién estableció la ganadería en Texas?)

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Spanish (Españoles)