Third Activity

Hi!

Go to the next link and make the activities:

http://www.saberingles.com.ar/reading/big-ben.html

1. Read the text
2. Each integrant of the team has to answer the test alone and print his o her score.
3. Print the reading
4. Each team has to invastigate an other important symbol like (Big Ben).
5. Each team has to make a small writing ( one sheet) of the important symbol and make 5 questions about the information.
6. Bring the material to class.

Second Activity!!!

Hi:

Go to the link and check the next videos:

Adjetives

Weather

Now do the next tasks:

1. Make a chart with the most important informartion in each video. (two charts)
2. Look for two activities in internet that practice the grammar shown in videos.
3. Each team has to bring class these activities in order to share them with others teams in class.

Team DETMS!!!

The picture is of the team, but one member doesn´t appear in the photo and two people aren´t team!!!

INFORMATION AND HISTORY!!!

Now I add a few pages in which information may note on the independence of the Mexican Republic.
Mexican Independence
Mexican Independence Movement
History of Mexican Independence

2010 ROUTE!!!

In these links you will find buildings and places that are present in the 2010 Mexico route.
GuideMexico
Mexico´s Bicentennial
INAH
Route 2010

ANSWERS TO THE CROSSWWORD!!!

In these paragraphs you will find the answers in the puzzle above, read them to be able to solve it.

MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE
The stage for the upheaval and dissatisfaction that gave rise to Mexican independence was set by political and economic changes in Europe and its American colonies of the late 18th and 19th centuries. The French revolution and Napoleonic wars diverted attention of Spain from its colonies leaving a vacuum and increasing dissatisfaction and desire for local government. The forced removal of Ferdinand VII from the Spanish thrown and his replacement by Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother presented opportunity for Mexican intelligentsia to promote independence in the name of the legitimate Spanish king. From its inception the colonial government of New Spain was dominated by Spanish born Peninsulares or Guachapins, who held most leadership positions in the church and government, in contrast to Mexican-born Criollos (Creoles) who were the ten to one majority. Neither Peninsulares or upper class Criollos desired to involve the masses of native Indians and mestizos in government or moves for local control. In 1808 the Peninsulares learned of Viceroy Jose de Iturrigaray’s intent to form a junta with Creole factions, a move that he thought might make him King of an independent Mexican kingdom. In an armed attack on the palace, Peninsulares arrested Iturrigaray and replaced him with puppet Pedro Garibay after which they carried out bloody reprisals against Criollos who were suspected of disloyalty. Although reform movements paused, political and economic instability in Europe continued as well as hardship and unrest in the Americas.
One liberal organization that was forced underground was the Literary Club of Queretaro which formed for intellectual discussion, but in practice became a planning organization for revolution. Independence- and reform-oriented thinkers also began to consider enlisting the native Indian, mestizo and lower class masses in wresting control from the Peninsulares and in armed independence movements. Queretaro was an important agricultural region that had suffered extensively by economic stalemate and failure. An active member of the group was Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a well-educated liberal priest who questioned policies of the church including clerical celibacy, banning certain literature, infallibility of the pope and the virgin birth of Christ. Hidalgo became the curator of Dolores in 1803 with primarily an Indian congregation whose languages he spoke and to whom he administered practical skills of life as much as religious doctrine. In Queretaro, Hidalgo met Capt. Ignacio Allende, a revolutionary thinker in the Spanish army. In spring 1810, Allende and Hidalgo planned an uprising for December of the year that leaked out to Spanish authorities and their arrest was ordered.
In September 1810, Father Hidalgo was forced to prematurely distribute the Grito de Dolores to his parishoners and nearby residents which was an appeal for social and economic reform. With little organization and no training, essentially a mob of thousands of primarily Indians and mestizos overwhelmed royal forces in Guanajuato, and proceeded to murder and loot both Peninsulares, Criollos and other "whites" in their path. The force continued to Mexico City and defeated royalist on the outskirts, but did not enter and occupy the city after which the ragged revolutionary army returned home. Hidalgo and his Creole officers were later able to assemble an army of 80,000 by payment with looted Peninsulare gold and assets. Viceroy Francisco Javier Venegas, and his soon to be successor Gen. Félix María Calleja del Rey responded to the insurgency with a vengeance and in January 1811 Hidalgo suffered a serious defeat outside Guadalajara where rebel forces were routed at Calderon Bridge. Bloody retaliation followed by mass executions of suspected rebel sympathizers by Spanish crown forces under Viceroy Calleja del Rey. Hidalgo and associates turned toward the northern provinces Nuevo Santander, Nuevo León, Coahuila and Texas for refuge where local sympathy for the rebellion and independence continued. Royalist forces in Nuevo Santander refused to fight against the insurgents as well as troops under Governor Manuel Antonio Cordero y Bustamante in Coahuila. As the royalist forces moved north to crush resistance, it was only in Coahuila and Texas that revolutionary events continued. On 21 March 1811, a periodic rebel turned loyalist, Ignacio Elizondo, ambushed Ignacio Allende, Father Hidalgo and associates at the Wells of Baján on the road to Monclova in Coahuila. Hidalgo and associates were captured and executed in Chihuahua.

Education and Ordination
At the age of twelve, Hidalgo was sent to Valladolid (now Morelia), Michoacan to study at the Colegio de San Francisco Javier with the Jesuits, along with his brothers. When the Jesuits were expelled from Mexico in 1767, he entered the Colegio de San Nicolas. There he chose to study for the priesthood. He completed his preparatory education in 1770. After this, he went to the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico in Mexico City for further study, earning his degree in philosophy and theology in 1773. His education for the priesthood was traditional, with subjects in Latin, rhetoric and logic. Like many priests in Mexico, he learned some Indian languages, such as Nahuatl, Otomi and Tarascan. Along with these he also studied Italian and French, which were not commonly studied in Mexico at this time. He was considered cultured and clever, earning the nickname El Zorro (the fox) from those at his school. Hidalgo’s study of French allowed him to read and study the thought and works of the Enlightenment that were current in Europe even though these ideas were forbidden at the time in Mexico.
Hidalgo was ordained as a priest in 1778 when he was 25 years old. From 1779 to 1792, he dedicated himself to teaching at San Nicolas as a professor of Latin grammar and arts, then as a theology professor. Beginning in 1787, he was named treasurer, vice-rector and secretary, working his way up to becoming dean of the school in 1790 when he was thirty-nine. While he was dean, Hidalgo continued study liberal ideas coming from Europe. This, as well as his mismanagement of school funds, put him in conflict with his superiors, leading to his ouster. The Church sent him to work at the parishes of Colima and San Felipe Torres Mochas until he became the parish priest in Dolores, Guanajuato, succeeding his brother Felipe (also a priest), who died in 1802.
Although Hidalgo was educated as a priest in the traditional way, he did not advocate or live the lifestyle expected of 18th-century Mexican priests. Instead, his studies of Enlightenment-era ideas caused him to challenge traditional political and religious views. He questioned the absolute authority of the Spanish king and challenged numerous ideas presented by the Church, including the absolute power of the Pope, the virgin birth, and clerical celibacy. He enjoyed behavior regarded as outside the parameters of priests, including dancing and gambling. He openly lived with a woman named Maria Manuela Herrera, fathering two daughters out of wedlock with her, and later fathered three other children with a woman named Josefa Quintana.
This behavior resulted in his appearance before the Court of the Inquisition, although the court did not find him guilty. Hidalgo was also egalitarian. As parish priest in both San Felipe and Dolores, he opened his house to Indians and mestizos as well as creoles.

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2. THE ARMED FORCES CAME TO...
4. HIDALGO BECAME THE CURATOR OF _______ IN 1803
7. HIDALGO WAS EXECUTED IN...
11. WHERE WAS GIVEN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN 1800s?
12. HIDALGO TEACHING ARTS AND LATIN...
13. HIDALGO BEHAVIOR CAME TO THE COURT OF
15. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF HIDALGO BROTHER THAT DIED IN 1802?
17. WHAT WAS THE CAPTAIN HE MET THE PRIEST MIGUEL HIDALGO IN DOLORES?
18. WHERE HIDALGO SUFFERED THEIR WORST LOSS?

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1. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF FATHER HIDALGO?
3. WHO AMBUSHED HIDALGO?
4. WHEN PLANNING AN UPRISING HIDALGO AND ALLENDE?
5. HIDALGO TURNED TOWARD THE NORTHERN PROVINCES NUEVO SANTANDER, NUEVO LEON COAHUILA AND...
6. WHAT MONTH WAS THE GRITO OF DOLORES?
7. WHERE AMBUSHED HIDALGO?
8. WHO WERE GOBERNATES OF NEW SPAIN?
9. WHO WAS THE REMPLACEMENT OF JOSEPH BONAPARTE?
10. WHEN HIDALGO WAS 25 YEARS OLD HE WAS ORDAINED AS A...
14. ONE LIBERAL ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FORCED UNDERGROUND WAS THE LITERARY CLUB OF...
16. VICEROY VENEGAS´ES SUCCESSOR WAS THE VICEROY...