Gregorio Franco
Mr. Gonzalez
U.S history
10/22/15
Latino Culture
Latinos over the years have had a good amount of struggles. Starting with Spanish California where the leader of Mexican California Mariano Vallejo welcomed Americans only to become their prisoner. Apolinaria Lorenza one of 21 orphan children sent to San Diego the first mission founded by Spanish priest. Apolinaria taught herself how to write on her own when she was there. Then when she was old and almost blind she decided to share her memories with an American historian to recall the once flourishing world of California’s Spanish missions. She talks about how she embroidered vest and how she did chores around the church. She also said that the Indians workers that misbehaved were punished with a whip, or they got locked in a cell. Then in 1821 Mexico won its independence over Spain and Mexico fought mostly for more equality. In 1836 to 1914 over 30 million people immigrated to the United States for a better life in Ellis Island. Nearly one million of them were from Mexico. Here we follow Jose Marti and how he arrived in New York from Cuba, and how he is the father of Cuban independence and how he played a big role in the independence of Cuba. Jose found a liking to the U.S because everyone here was equal. Later Jose found a job as a writer in New York covering many historic moments. In 1891 he changes and he was no longer an observer and he was now a political actor. Marti gains a larger following with Cuban immigrants. Then in April the same year Jose took a small force of exiles to command an uprising, but unfortunately only five week in battle Jose was killed in battle. An unfinished letter often his death would become his most important legacy. In his final work Jose talks about preventing the U.S from getting its hands on Cuba. After the years past bye the U.S went to war with Spain. This