Across
- 2. ended dictatorship in Mexico and established a constitutional republic.
- 4. was a poet and scholar whose work bridged the periods of the Spanish Golden Age Baroque.
- 5. a person born in the New World to Spanish-born parents.
- 7. A porous racial classification system in colonial New Spain (present-day Mexico).
- 9. Texas's independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas
- 11. exchange It began in the 15th century, when oceanic shipping brought the western and eastern hemisphere into contact.
- 13. known for conquering the Aztecs and claiming Mexico on behalf of Spain.
- 15. mixture of Europeans (Spanish) and Indian ancestry (Amerindians).
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- 1. He was the first president of republic of Texas.
- 3. a native Mesoamerican woman of a Nahua tribe who became a trusted adviser and translator to Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.
- 6. an accomplished guerrilla leader during the Mexican Revolution.
- 8. championed the cause of Mexican-Americans and Mexican immigrants.
- 10. is a Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader.
- 12. Famous for their agriculture, land, art, and architecture.
- 14. president of Mexico longer than anyone else in its history.