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  • 1. What event in Spain coincided with Iturbide's 1820 assignment to the Oaxaca expedition?
A) A massive protest in Madrid
B) A successful military coup against Ferdinand VII
C) The death of the Spanish monarch
D) A naval blockade by British forces
  • 2. What document were the coup leaders in Spain compelled to reinstate?
A) The liberal Spanish Constitution of 1812
B) The Royalist Charter of 1808
C) The Treaty of Cordoba
D) The Plan of Iguala
  • 3. How did Iturbide perceive the news of the liberal charter in New Spain?
A) As a reason to immediately surrender to the insurgents
B) As an opportunity to restore absolute monarchy
C) As a complete victory for the peasant insurgency
D) As a threat to the status quo and a catalyst for creole control
  • 4. What was a major reason for the royalist army's loss of military support?
A) The Spanish King withdrew his financial backing
B) The royalist treasury was stolen by pirates
C) The soldiers were paid in foreign currency
D) Town councils refused to raise taxes to support them
  • 5. Why did Guerrero want to reach an accommodation with the royalist army?
A) Because he ran out of gunpowder and supplies
B) To prevent creole elites from excluding insurgents from independence
C) Because the Spanish government offered him a pardon
D) Because he wanted to become the new king
  • 6. What did Guerrero object to regarding the 1812 Spanish Constitution?
A) Its exclusion of Afro-Mexicans from citizenship
B) Its requirement that the king be exiled
C) Its removal of all military leaders
D) Its high taxation of the Catholic Church
  • 7. Where and when was the Plan of Iguala proclaimed?
A) Mexico City, March 15, 1821
B) Iguala, February 24, 1821
C) Veracruz, December 25, 1820
D) Oaxaca, January 1, 1821
  • 8. Which of the following was NOT one of the three principles (guarantees) of the Plan of Iguala?
A) The Roman Catholic Church as the established religion
B) The immediate abolition of the monarchy
C) Independence from Spain
D) Equality for all inhabitants
  • 9. What did Point 12 of the Plan of Iguala establish regarding citizenship?
A) Only European whites can hold government office
B) Indians are excluded from holding public office
C) Afro-Mexicans must serve in the military to gain rights
D) All inhabitants are citizens regardless of their racial background
  • 10. What was the name of the new army created to enforce the Plan of Iguala?
A) The Army of the Three Guarantees
B) The Royalist Coalition Army
C) The Independence Militia
D) The Southern Liberation Force
  • 11. What colors did Iturbide adopt to symbolize the three guarantees?
A) Blue, white, and gold
B) Red, white, and blue
C) Green, white, and red
D) Purple, yellow, and black
  • 12. Which insurgent leader specifically raised concerns about the Plan of Iguala's commitment to racial equality?
A) Juan Rodriguez
B) Gordiano Guzmán
C) Ferdinand VII
D) Iturbide
  • 13. Why did some insurgents refuse to join the Army of the Three Guarantees?
A) They wanted to remain loyal to the Spanish King
B) They were prohibited from joining due to their race
C) They preferred to leave Mexico for another country
D) They felt the plan protected the privileges of the elites
  • 14. What phrase from the Plan of Iguala did Guzmán use to express his skepticism?
A) The protection of the elite
B) Liberty and justice for all
C) According to their merits and virtues
D) Equality of the citizens
  • 15. How were the former Royalist government officials treated under the Plan of Iguala?
A) They were required to reapply for their jobs
B) They were allowed to retain their same positions
C) They were forced into exile
D) They were demoted to lower ranks
  • 16. Which viceroy was in office in New Spain when Napoleon invaded the Iberian Peninsula in 1808?
A) Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont
B) Francisco Javier Venegas
C) José de Iturrigaray
D) Pedro de Garibay
  • 17. Which group in Mexico City primarily promoted ideas of autonomy for New Spain following the 1808 crisis?
A) The city council (ayuntamiento)
B) The royal military leadership
C) The High Court (Audiencia)
D) The merchant guild (consulado)
  • 18. Who led the coup d'état against Viceroy Iturrigaray in September 1808?
A) Ignacio Allende
B) Pedro de Garibay
C) Gabriel de Yermo
D) Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
  • 19. Who was installed as viceroy by the peninsular rebels after they ousted Iturrigaray?
A) Francisco Javier Venegas
B) Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont
C) Pedro de Garibay
D) Gabriel de Yermo
  • 20. Who is considered the 'father of the Mexican nation'?
A) Ignacio Allende
B) Félix María Calleja del Rey
C) José María Morelos
D) Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
  • 21. Where did the 'Conspiracy of Querétaro' hold its meetings under the guise of being a literary society?
A) Mexico City
B) Guanajuato
C) Querétaro
D) Dolores
  • 22. What was the name of the official's wife who warned the conspirators that their plot had been discovered?
A) Josefa Ortíz de Domínguez
B) The Virgin of Guadalupe
C) Josefa Quintana
D) Ana Iraeta de Mier
  • 23. In which city did the rebels fight a horrific battle at the public granary, the Alhóndiga de Granaditas?
A) Guanajuato
B) Dolores
C) Guadalajara
D) Mexico City
  • 24. Which king led the Spanish Empire during the American Revolution?
A) Ferdinand VII
B) Louis XVI
C) Napoleon Bonaparte
D) Charles III
  • 25. In what year did Haiti gain independence?
A) 1789
B) 1783
C) 1804
D) 1776
  • 26. Who were the primary targets for recruitment in the Spanish royal bureaucracy under the Bourbon Reforms?
A) Peninsular-born officials
B) Indigenous leaders
C) Foreign diplomats
D) American-born elites
  • 27. Which religious order was expelled from the Spanish Empire in 1767?
A) Jesuits
B) Augustinians
C) Franciscans
D) Dominicans
  • 28. What institution acted as a mediator between competing groups in New Spain?
A) The Haitian revolutionary council
B) Corporate entities
C) The French sugar companies
D) The Anglo-American congress
  • 29. When did the Spanish crown begin creating a standing military in New Spain?
A) 1790s
B) 1760s
C) 1780s
D) 1808
  • 30. What was considered the 'motor' of the economy of New Spain?
A) Sugar production
B) Silver mining
C) The Catholic Church
D) Indigenous textile manufacturing
  • 31. Who were the primary borrowers affected by the 1804 Act of Consolidation?
A) Peninsular-born mine owners
B) Haitian revolutionary leaders
C) Criollo land owners
D) French colonial aristocrats
  • 32. What was the starting date of the Mexican War of Independence?
A) 28 September 1810
B) 16 September 1821
C) 27 September 1810
D) 16 September 1810
  • 33. Who did Napoleon place on the Spanish throne after Charles IV abdicated?
A) Agustín de Iturbide
B) Ferdinand VII
C) Juan O'Donojú
D) Joseph Bonaparte
  • 34. Who signed the Treaty of Córdoba, ending Spanish colonial rule?
A) Juan O'Donojú
B) Agustín de Iturbide
C) Vicente Guerrero
D) Ferdinand VII
  • 35. In what year did Spain finally recognize Mexican independence?
A) 1823
B) 1821
C) 1836
D) 1829
  • 36. What political entity replaced the First Mexican Empire in 1823?
A) A royalist monarchy
B) An autocratic military dictatorship
C) A Spanish colony
D) A federal republic
  • 37. Which social group were American-born Spaniards seeking more control?
A) Afro-Mexicans
B) Criollos
C) Peninsulares
D) American Indians
  • 38. What year was the Constitution of 1824 codified?
A) 1812
B) 1821
C) 1836
D) 1824
  • 39. What type of warfare did the insurgency devolve into after the death of Morelos?
A) Diplomatic negotiation
B) Total war
C) Guerrilla warfare
D) Naval warfare
  • 40. Who led an expedition to attempt to reconquer Mexico in 1829?
A) Agustín de Iturbide
B) Juan O'Donojú
C) Charles IV
D) Isidro Barradas
  • 41. In what year was the reformist Viceroy Diego Carrillo de Mendoza ousted?
A) 1692
B) 1642
C) 1542
D) 1624
  • 42. What was the birth name of the Irishman Don Guillén Lampart y Guzmán?
A) William Lamport
B) Hernán Cortés
C) Cristóbal de Villalpando
D) Diego Carrillo
  • 43. What group instigated the 1692 riot in Mexico City?
A) Plebeians
B) Encomenderos
C) Elite Creoles
D) The Inquisition
  • 44. What was a primary cause of the 1692 riot?
A) A hike in maize prices
B) The execution of William Lamport
C) The removal of a viceroy
D) The New Laws
  • 45. In what year did the 'Conspiracy of the Machetes' take place?
A) 1799
B) 1692
C) 1810
D) 1624
  • 46. Which group occupied the highest levels of government in the Spanish Empire?
A) Peninsulares
B) Indigenous groups
C) Creoles
D) African Mexicans
  • 47. What type of Catholicism did the ruling Peninsulares prefer?
A) Modern Catholicism
B) Mexican Catholicism
C) Indigenous Catholicism
D) Traditional Catholicism
  • 48. What caused outcry among indigenous groups regarding their religious practices?
A) Prohibitions on Lay preachers
B) The banning of the Spanish language
C) The requirement to practice Modern Catholicism
D) The abolition of Cofradias
  • 49. How did indigenous groups try to resolve legal battles with the colonial regime?
A) Through separate indigenous courts
B) Through petitions to the French government
C) By ignoring all colonial laws
D) Through armed revolution
  • 50. What did the Creole elites wish to change about the social hierarchy?
A) Move up the social ladder
B) Lower the status of the Peninsulares to peasants
C) Replace the monarchy with a democracy
D) Eliminate the social ladder entirely
  • 51. In what year did the crisis occur that preceded the French invasion of Spain?
A) 1810
B) 1808
C) 1776
D) 1821
  • 52. What document was articulated by Rayón to claim that sovereignty arises directly from the people?
A) Elementos constitucionales
B) The Congress of Anáhuac
C) Solemn Act of the Declaration of Independence
D) Sentiments of the Nation
  • 53. How long was Morelos besieged by royalist troops at Cuautla?
A) 72 days
B) 100 days
C) 30 days
D) 50 days
  • 54. What specific feast day did Morelos mandate to honor the Virgin of Guadalupe?
A) November 6
B) December 12
C) January 1
D) March 26
  • 55. Which of the following was a key city taken by Morelos?
A) Guanajuato
B) Acapulco
C) Saltillo
D) Zacatecas
  • 56. Who emerged as the most important insurgent leader following the execution of Morelos in 1815?
A) Guadalupe Victoria
B) Francisco Javier Mina
C) Vicente Guerrero
D) Agustín de Iturbide
  • 57. In what year did Francisco Javier Mina arrive in Mexico to join the independence movement?
A) 1816
B) 1815
C) 1820
D) 1817
  • 58. Where was Agustín de Iturbide born?
A) Puebla
B) Rio Santander
C) Tixla
D) Valladolid
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