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The film opens up at the point where Santa Anna has gained victory in defeating the American/Texan Army at the Alamo. Sam Houston is then shown being told what occurred at the Alamo. From this point we see the film transitions into a flashback a year before the battle to introduces us to the important people of the battle and show us how it lead to it. We are shown that Sam Houston is at a party where he is talking to people about Texas and how they should immigrate to it. At the party Houston…

In 1808, Spain is taken over by Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon disposed of the existing monarchy and installed his brother, Joseph, as head of state. The resulting war against France and Britain lasted nearly to the Mexican Revolution as Napoleon’s government falls into disarray and the revolutionaries began to gain momentum. Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a middle aged priest living in the parish of Dolores. Hidalgo was a Crillo by birth, and had a pro-Indian sentiment. He organized his…

have never been written at all, on the basis of the author’s sex. Her experience with same-sex relationships, her feminist ideals, and her will for learning contribute to Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz’s defiant nature, which shines through her writings. To start, the experience and support that Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz had with…

Drug cartels play a huge role because they threaten people in power by threatening to kill the individual or their family or to further their agenda. Likewise, “La mordida” does not only apply to police officers, but it applies to politicians, army officials, and individuals in power. Much of these bribes are from drug cartels. In Stephen Morris scholarly article, “Corruption, Drug Trafficking, and Violence…