1. MEXICANOS
A History of Mexicans in the
United States.
By: Manuel G. Gonzales
History 33
Shaw Kobayashi

2. SPANIARDS
* The era that Columbus was conquering land from the
natives was often called the Age of Titans.
*The Spaniard history dated back from the Upper Paleolithic
period of 35,000 B.C - 10,000 B.C.

3. SPANISH EXPLORATION
*After the conquest of the Aztecs and the destruction of their
capital, the spaniards fanned out in all directions in search of
God, Gold, and Glory.
*The first spanish thrust into the north took place along the
Caribbean shores of North America.
*The Spanish explored the American Southeast and the South
west.

4. THE IMMIGRANT
*Driven out of Mexico and attracted to the Southwest for
political, religious,economic, and a variety of other reasons,
thousands of immigrants, most of them destitute peasants, made
the hazardous trek north during the halcyon years of the early
twentieth century.
*Jose Martinez was born at around the turn of the century in a
small village in western Mexico, a town like Arandas in Jalisco or
Jacona in Michoacan and he was a typical modal immigrant.
*Jose was unable to make a good living but convinced that a
better life was possible and one of the most positive legacies of
the Revolution was prepared to try his luck in the United States.

5. MEXICAN REVOLUTION
*The roots of the 1910 revolution can be traced far back into
Mexican history.
*The significant numbers of Mexicans had been entering the
United States even before the Revolution.
*Their most popular destination was San Antonio, where they
settled in the Mexican barrio on the West side.