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Title: Tales from the Hispanic Southwest


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Tales from the Hispanic Southwest
  • Dona Sebastiana
  • The Three Brothers

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Spanish America
  • At the beginning of the nineteenth century
    America only stretched 1/3 of the distance of
    North America.
  • Dreams of expansion were thwarted by the Spanish
    and French empires.

3
American Territories 1800s
4
Territorial Domination
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Opportunity for Expansion
  • France retreated from its competition for
    American dominance with the sale of its Louisiana
    Purchase in 1803.

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New Spain
  • United States became the the neighbors of the
    provinces of New Spain

7
Mexican Independence 1821
  • New Spain emerges as the sovereign nation of
    Mexico.

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Conflict Arises
  • Mexico predominately Catholic.
  • United States Protestant.
  • Language barriers.
  • Social/Political organizations.
  • Relationships between colonizers and natives.
  • Prejudice

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Acquisition of Mexican Land
  • Over thirty-year period, the U.S. acquired Texas,
    New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah,
    and half of Colorado.
  • Means of purchase, settlement, deception,
    annexation, and the Mexican War.

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Movement
  • Anglo-Americans moved to the southwestern U.S.
  • The impact of their culture varied from one
    region to the next.

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Mexican Artistic Expression
  • Mexican Americans writers were concerned with
  • tracing the establishment of Mexican culture
    from Texas to California.
  • Their roles in history.
  • Gods blessing on the enterprise.

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Hispanic Stories
  • Morality Tales
  • Picaresque Rogues
  • Tales of Enchantment

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Dona Sebastiana
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The Three Brothers
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Theme of Morality Tales
  • Instill Religious Sensibilities

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Hispanic Tales of the Southwest
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