History of Nuevo León, the Glossary

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1. 100 relations: Administrative divisions of Mexico, Alberto del Canto, Alonso de León, American Civil War, Apache, Asian people, Assassination, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Battle of Monterrey, Benito Juárez, Bishop, Border checkpoint, Canary Islanders, Canary Islands, Catholic Church, Cádiz, Chilpancingo, Christianity, Coahuila, Coahuiltecan, Colombia, Nuevo León, Colonialism, Comanche, Communism, Confederate States of America, Conservatism, Constitution, Converso, Cortes Generales, Criollo people, Cry of Dolores, Diego de Montemayor, Ethnic groups in Europe, Eugenio Garza Sada, Félix María Calleja del Rey, Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1857, Ferdinand VI, History of Monterrey, Human Development Index, Iberian Peninsula, Ignacio Allende, Ignacio Elizondo, Jerónimo Treviño, Jews, José María Morelos, José Silvestre Aramberri, Juan de Oñate, Juan Diego, Kickapoo people, ... Expand index (50 more) »

Administrative divisions of Mexico

The United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic composed of 32 federal entities: 31 states and Mexico City, an autonomous entity.

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Alberto del Canto

Alberto del Canto (c. 1547 – 12/10/1611), formally Alberto Vieira do Canto, was a noble and military Portuguese conquistador who explored the north of Mexico, where he was the founder of several cities.

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Alonso de León

Alonso de León "El Mozo" (1639 – 1691) was an explorer and governor in New Spain who led several expeditions into the area that is now northeastern Mexico and southern Texas.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Apache

The Apache are several Southern Athabaskan language–speaking peoples of the Southwest, the Southern Plains and Northern Mexico.

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Asian people

Asian people (or Asians, sometimes referred to as Asiatic peopleUnited States National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings. 2004. November 17, 2006.: Asian Continental Ancestry Group is also used for categorical purposes.) are the people of the continent of Asia.

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Assassination

Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important.

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Autonomous University of Nuevo León

The Autonomous University of Nuevo León (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, UANL) is a public research university with seven campuses across the northern Mexican state of Nuevo León.

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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488/90/92"Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Núñez (1492?-1559?)." American Eras. Vol. 1: Early American Civilizations and Exploration to 1600. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 50-51. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 10 December 2014. after 19 May 1559) was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition.

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Battle of Monterrey

In the Battle of Monterrey (September 21–24, 1846) during the Mexican–American War, General Pedro de Ampudia and the Mexican Army of the North was defeated by the Army of Occupation, a force of United States Regulars, Volunteers, and Texas Rangers under the command of General Zachary Taylor.

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Benito Juárez

Benito Pablo Juárez García (21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican politician, military commander, lawyer, and statesman who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872.

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Bishop

A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.

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Border checkpoint

A border checkpoint is a location on an international border where travelers or goods are inspected and allowed (or denied) passage through.

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Canary Islanders

Canary Islanders, or Canarians (canarios), are the people of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain near the coast of northwest Africa.

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Canary Islands

The Canary Islands (Canarias), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish region, autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Cádiz

Cádiz is a city in Spain and the capital of the Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.

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Chilpancingo

Chilpancingo de los Bravo (commonly shortened to Chilpancingo;; Nahuatl: Chilpantzinco) is the capital and second-largest city of the Mexican state of Guerrero.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Coahuila

Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (Lipan: Nacika), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza (Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico.

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Coahuiltecan

The Coahuiltecan were various small, autonomous bands of Native Americans who inhabited the Rio Grande valley in what is now northeastern Mexico and southern Texas.

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Colombia, Nuevo León

Colombia, Nuevo León is a planned community founded in 1992 by the Mexican state of Nuevo León in the Anáhuac Municipality.

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Colonialism

Colonialism is the pursuing, establishing and maintaining of control and exploitation of people and of resources by a foreign group.

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Comanche

The Comanche or Nʉmʉnʉʉ (Nʉmʉnʉʉ, "the people") is a Native American tribe from the Southern Plains of the present-day United States.

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Communism

Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.

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Conservatism

Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values.

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Constitution

A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.

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Converso

A converso (feminine form conversa), "convert", was a Jew who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries, or one of their descendants.

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Cortes Generales

The (lit) are the bicameral legislative chambers of Spain, consisting of the Congress of Deputies (the lower house) and the Senate (the upper house).

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Criollo people

In Hispanic America, criollo is a term used originally to describe people of full Spanish descent born in the viceroyalties.

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Cry of Dolores

The Cry of Dolores (region) occurred in Dolores, Mexico, on 16 September 1810, when Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church bell and gave the call to arms that triggered the Mexican War of Independence.

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Diego de Montemayor

Diego de Montemayor (– 1611) was a Spanish conquistador, explorer, officer, and the governor of Nuevo Reino de León.

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Ethnic groups in Europe

Europeans are the focus of European ethnology, the field of anthropology related to the various ethnic groups that reside in the states of Europe.

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Eugenio Garza Sada

Eugenio Garza Sada (January 11, 1892 – September 17, 1973) was an industrialist in the city of Monterrey, Mexico best known for founding the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) school system in the country.

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Félix María Calleja del Rey

Félix María Calleja del Rey y de la Gándara, primer conde de Calderón (November 1, 1753, Medina del Campo, Spain – July 24, 1828, Valencia, Spain) was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain from March 4, 1813, to September 20, 1816, during Mexico's War of Independence.

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Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1857

The Political Constitution of the Mexican Republic of 1857 (Constitución Política de la República Mexicana de 1857), often called simply the Constitution of 1857, was the liberal constitution promulgated in 1857 by Constituent Congress of Mexico during the presidency of Ignacio Comonfort.

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Ferdinand VI

Ferdinand VI (Fernando; 23 September 1713 – 10 August 1759), called the Learned (el Prudente) and the Just (el Justo), was King of Spain from 9 July 1746 until his death.

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History of Monterrey

The history of the Mexican city of Monterrey is closely linked with the history of the state of Nuevo León.

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Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

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Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula (IPA), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe, defining the westernmost edge of Eurasia.

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Ignacio Allende

Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga (January 21, 1769 – June 26, 1811), commonly known as Ignacio Allende, was a captain of the Spanish Army in New Spain who came to sympathize with the Mexican independence movement.

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Ignacio Elizondo

Francisco Ignacio de Elizondo Villarreal, (born Salinas Valley, New Kingdom of León, New Spain, March 9, 1766 - died San Marcos, Texas, New Spain, c. September 12, 1813), was a royalist military officer during the Mexican war of independence against Spain.

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Jerónimo Treviño

José Jerónimo de los Dolores Treviño y Leal (1835 – 1914), commonly known as Jerónimo Treviño was a prominent Mexican General and politician.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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José María Morelos

José María Teclo Morelos Pérez y Pavón (30 September 1765 – 22 December 1815) was a Mexican Catholic priest, statesman and military leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811.

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José Silvestre Aramberri

José Silvestre Aramberri Lavín (1816 – January 27, 1864) was a Mexican Brigadier General and an engineer who fought in the Plan of Ayutla, Reform War and the Second French intervention in Mexico.

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Juan de Oñate

Juan de Oñate y Salazar (1550–1626) was a Spanish conquistador from New Spain, explorer, and colonial governor of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in the viceroyalty of New Spain.

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Juan Diego

Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, also known simply as Juan Diego (1474–1548), was a Nahua peasant and Marian visionary.

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Kickapoo people

The Kickapoo people (Kickapoo: Kiikaapoa or Kiikaapoi; Kikapú) are an Algonquian-speaking Native American and Indigenous Mexican tribe, originating in the region south of the Great Lakes.

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Laredo–Colombia Solidarity International Bridge

The Laredo–Colombia Solidarity International Bridge is one of four vehicular international bridges located on the U.S.–Mexico border in the city of Laredo, Texas; it connects Laredo over the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) with Colombia, Nuevo León.

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Lázaro Garza Ayala

Lázaro Garza Ayala (17 December 1830 – 3 May 1913) was a Mexican politician who served several times as governor of Nuevo León during the 19th century.

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Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property and equality before the law.

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Linares, Nuevo León

Linares is a small city in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico.

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Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva

Luis de Carvajal (sometimes Luis de Carabajal y de la Cueva) (– 13 February 1591) was governor of the Spanish province of Nuevo León in present-day Mexico, slave dealer, and the first Spanish subject known to have entered Texas from Mexico across the lower Rio Grande.

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Mariano Abasolo

Jose Mariano de Abasolo (1783–1816) was a Mexican revolutionist, born at Dolores, Guanajuato.

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Mariano Escobedo

Mariano Antonio Guadalupe Escobedo de la Peña (16 January 1826 – 22 May 1902) was a Mexican Army general and Governor of Nuevo León.

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Mercenary

A mercenary, also called a merc, soldier of fortune, or hired gun, is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military.

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Mestizo

Mestizo (fem. mestiza, literally 'mixed person') is a person of mixed European and Indigenous non-European ancestry in the former Spanish Empire.

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Mexican War of Independence

The Mexican War of Independence (Guerra de Independencia de México, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from the Spanish Empire.

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Mexican–American War

The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo, was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence and recognized as the Father of the Nation.

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Militia

A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional or part-time soldiers; citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel; or, historically, to members of a warrior-nobility class (e.g.

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Monclova

Monclova, is a city and the seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila.

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Monterrey

Monterrey is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the ninth largest city and second largest metro area in Mexico behind Greater Mexico City.

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Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM; Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education), also known as Tecnológico de Monterrey or just Tec, is a private research university based in Monterrey, Mexico, which has grown to include 35 campuses throughout the country.

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New Kingdom of León

The New Kingdom of León (Nuevo Reino de León), was an administrative territory of the Spanish Empire, politically ruled by the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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New York Public Library

The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City.

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Nomad

Nomads are communities without fixed habitation who regularly move to and from areas.

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North American Free Trade Agreement

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA; Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, TLCAN; Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, ALÉNA) was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that created a trilateral trade bloc in North America.

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Nuevo León

Nuevo León (English: New León), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Nuevo León) is a state in northeastern Mexico.

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Our Lady of Guadalupe

Our Lady of Guadalupe (Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe), is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus associated with a series of five Marian apparitions to a Mexican peasant named Juan Diego and his uncle, Juan Bernardino, which are believed to have occurred in December 1531, when the Mexican territories were under the Spanish Empire.

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Papal bull

A papal bull is a type of public decree, letters patent, or charter issued by a pope of the Catholic Church.

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Philip II of Spain

Philip II (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent (Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598.

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A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land.

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Pope Pius VI

Pope Pius VI (Pio VI; born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, 25 December 171729 August 1799) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1775 to his death in August 1799.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Quality of life

Quality of life (QOL) is defined by the World Health Organization as "an individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns".

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Referendum

A referendum (referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue.

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Republic of the Rio Grande

The Republic of the Rio Grande (República del Río Grande) was one of a series of political movements in Mexico which sought to become independent from the unitary government dominated by Antonio López de Santa Anna; the Republic of Texas and the second Republic of Yucatán were created by political movements that pursued the same goal.

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San Pedro Garza García

San Pedro Garza García (also known as San Pedro) is a city-municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León and part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area.

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Santiago Vidaurri

José Santiago Vidaurri Valdez (July 24, 1809 – July 8, 1867) was a controversial and powerful governor of the northern Mexican states of Nuevo León and Coahuila between 1855 and 1864.

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Servando Teresa de Mier

Fray José Servando Teresa de Mier Noriega y Guerra (October 18, 1765 – December 3, 1827) was a Roman Catholic priest, preacher, and politician in New Spain.

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Sovereignty

Sovereignty can generally be defined as supreme authority.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Spanish Constitution of 1812

The Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy (Constitución Política de la Monarquía Española), also known as the Constitution of Cádiz (Constitución de Cádiz) and as La Pepa, was the first Constitution of Spain and one of the earliest codified constitutions in world history.

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Spanish Florida

Spanish Florida (La Florida) was the first major European land-claim and attempted settlement-area in northern America during the European Age of Discovery.

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Spanish Inquisition

The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition (Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición), commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition (Inquisición española), was established in 1478 by the Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile.

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Spanish Texas

Spanish Texas was one of the interior provinces of the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1519 until 1821.

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Standard of living

Standard of living is the level of income, comforts and services available to an individual, community or society.

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Tamaulipas

Tamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas (Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.

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Tenerife

Tenerife (formerly spelled Teneriffe) is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands.

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Terrorism

Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Thomas the Apostle

Thomas the Apostle (Θωμᾶς, romanized: Thōmâs; Aramaic ܬܐܘܡܐ, romanized:, meaning "the twin"), also known as Didymus (Greek: Δίδυμος, romanized: Dídymos, meaning "twin"), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament.

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Timeline of Monterrey, Mexico

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Will and testament

A will and testament is a legal document that expresses a person's (testator) wishes as to how their property (estate) is to be distributed after their death and as to which person (executor) is to manage the property until its final distribution.

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References

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