| You will write a diary entry as though you had actually lived through the events you are studying. Although you will invent a fictional Mexican persona and life for yourself, you must accurately incorporate the historical information requested in the assignment. Personalizing the information helps you understand and remember it better Select a Mexican city, town, village, or rancho. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word diary entry that describes what is going on in and around your city, town, village, or rancho sometime between the years 1820 and 1824. Include the following: • Introduce your entry by identifying the factions that led to the Mexican War for Independence and their actions in your area. • Describe the effects of the Mexican War for Independence on you and your area. • Relate how liberalism has affected the politics, |
| philosophy, and religion of your city, town, village, or |
| rancho. • Discuss at least two of the upheavals going on around you now, including the factors that caused them and their effects on your life. • Describe the ideas and events that seem to be leading to a Mexican constitution |
