Question

Augustin de Iturbide was able to declare independence from Spain while also proclaiming himself emperor in part because

A:he came from a family of peninsulares.
B:he had started the independence movement.
C:that was the type of government the Spanish colonists were used to.
D:he deserved the title after his leadership in the battle for independence.

Answer 1

D:he deserved the title after his leadership in the battle for independence.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct option for the reason Augustin de Iturbide was able to declare himself emperor is option (D) because he deserved the title of emperor after the display of his leadership in the Freedom Struggle.

Explanation:

• Agustín de Iturbide y Green (2 April 1863 – 3 March 1925) was the grandson of Agustín de Iturbide, the primary emperor of independent Mexico, and his consort Ana María Huarte.
• He became the adopted son with the title of Prince of Iturbide, together with his cousin Salvador de Itúrbide y de Marzán, of Mexico's only other royal heads of state, King Maximilian I and Empress Carlota of Mexico.
• After the death of Emperor Maximilian in 1867, he became the top of the Imperial House of Mexico, but he had no children. His claims were passed to Maria Josepha Sophia de Iturbide, daughter of his cousin, Salvador.
• He was a Mexican politician and soldier who fought during the Independence War, held a serious role in ending the War after achieving independence from Spain, and have become Emperor of Mexico.
• The lifetime of Agustin de Iturbide reflects, sort of a few others, the changeable and unstable process that led to the independence of Mexico. In year 1810, he fought against the independence movement of the priest, Miguel Hidalgo, from the Royalist side (the Spanish army).

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