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- 4. In 1810 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla offered him a post with his ___________ army, but Iturbide refused and pledged himself to the Spanish cause instead.
- 8. It was on September 16 that the famous "el grito de _____" was issued, effectively marking the beginning of the fight for Mexican independence.
- 9. On August 24, 1821, Spanish Viceroy Juan de O’Donojú signed the Treaty of ______, which approves a plan to make Mexico an independent constitutional monarchy.
- 10. Miguel Hidalgo was a Mexican Catholic _______.
- 13. the revolutionary army decided to strike for independence and marched here, a major colonial mining center governed by Spaniards and criollos.
- 14. The Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819, also known as the Transcontinental Treaty gave the U.S. this state.
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- 1. Following the death of Hidalgo y Costilla, the leadership of the revolutionary army was assumed by José María _________ who was also a priest.
- 2. The Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819 was also known as the _____________ Treaty.
- 3. In January 1811, Spanish forces fought the Battle of the _________ of Calderón and defeated the insurgent army forcing the rebels to flee towards the United States-Mexican border, where they hoped to escape.
- 5. Foreign rulers of New Spain exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign.
- 6. This man entered the royalist army as a young man, then eventually was proclaimed the emperor of Mexico.
- 7. Iturbide entered the _________ army, becoming an officer in the provincial regiment of his native city in 1797.
- 9. A person from Spanish South or Central America, especially one of pure Spanish descent.
- 11. Named father of Mexican Independence.
- 12. Father Hidalgo rang a _______ bell to announce revolution against the Spanish.