Unit 4: Making Mexico the War for Independence 1810-1821

Put the following in order of what occurred first:

• American Revolution

• Establishment of New Spain

• Mexican War for Independence on Spain

• French Revolution

• Arrival of the Spanish

Match the following Social, Economic, or Political Factors

• Economic

• Priests saw suffering of "indios"

• Political

• High taxation of the colony of New Spain

• Social

• French occupation of Spain

(a)   helped the colonist in America fight against England for their independence

(a)   came to power in France after the French Revolution

In 1808 the French emperor Napoleon put his (a)   Joseph Bonaparte on the Spanish throne

(a)   was the priest who first "called" for Mexican Independence