This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Surrounded by Warriors.IntroductionFrom the eastern coast of Florida
Spain’s Army Leaves Mexico
Today's installment concludes Mexican Independence,our selection from Notes on Mexico by Joel R. Poinsett published in 1822.If you have
Mexican Constitution Promulgated
On February 24, 1822, Iturbide proposed to the chiefs the plan of Iguala, which was unanimously adopted by them.Continuing Mexican
Catholic Role in Mexican Independence
They declared from the pulpit that these tyrannical acts must be resisted, that the yoke was no longer to be borne.Continuing Mexican
Mina’s March
After a march of two hundred twenty leagues, which he accomplished in thirty-two days he joined the rebels.Continuing Mexican Independence,our
Set-backs for Mexican Independence
The war was prosecuted against the Independents with vigor and with circumstances of the most barbarous and refined cruelty.Continuing Mexican
Mexican Independence
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Father Hildago.IntroductionMexican independence was won from Spain
Amerigo Vespucci Returns to Spain
Today's installment concludes America's Namesake's Second Voyage,our selection from Mundus Novus by Amerigo Vespucci published in 1507.If you
Onwards to Cuba
We were then, according to the decision of the pilots, within a hundred twenty leagues of an island called Hispaniola, discovered by the admiral