USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In 1820 ____ led a rebellion of about 80, 000 poor American Indians and mestizos hoping to win Mexico’s independence from Spain.
A
Antonio López de Santa Anna
B
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
C
Stephen F. Austin
D
Sam Houston
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, (born May 8, 1753, Corralejo, near Guanajuato, Mexico-died July 30, 1811, Chihuahua), Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary leader who is called the father of Mexican independence.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was liberals led by the Spanish general Rafael del Riego who revolted in the port of Cádiz in 1820. There were twenty battalions in the port of Cádiz at the time, with Riego in charge of the battalion from Asturias.

Detailed explanation-3: -In September of 1810, Miguel Hidalgo, the parish priest of the small town of Dolores in central Mexico, uttered the country’s cry for independence. He called not only for liberation from Spain, but also for the end of slavery and the return of lands to the Indigenous inhabitants.

Detailed explanation-4: -Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a Mexican Catholic priest who called for a revolution against the Spanish on September 16, 1810.

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