| A | B |
| Literary and Social Club of Queretaro | organization that planned the Mexican revolution |
| hacienda | large ranch or plantation in Latin America |
| padre | Spanish for "father"; traditional form of address for a Roman Catholic priest |
| Miguel Hidalgo | father of Mexican independence |
| Ignacio Allende | Hidalgo's friend and successor |
| Grito de Dolores | Hidalgo's rallying cry to begin the revolution |
| Guanajuato | mining city and site of one of the early Mexican Revolution battles |
| Diego Rivera | world-famous Mexican painter |
| Jose Maria Morelos | led a guerrilla war in southern Mexico |
| Agustin de Iturbide | led the revolution and declared Mexico's independence from Spain |