The Mexican dictator who led the country during the war with the United States and lost Texas to rebels was which figure?

The Mexican dictator who led the country during the war with the United States and lost Texas to rebels was which figure?

• A. Santa Anna
• B. Porfirio Diaz
• C. Pancho Villa
• D. Emiliano Zapata

Answer: (A)

Antonio López de Santa Anna is the figure. He led Mexico during the Texas Revolution and later in the Mexican‑American War. At San Jacinto, Texan rebels defeated his forces and captured him, which secured Texas’s independence from Mexico. He also returned to power to direct Mexico in the war with the United States, after which Mexico ceded a large portion of its territory, including Texas, to the United States. The other figures come from different periods: Porfirio Díaz ruled Mexico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and wasn’t the dictator in this conflict, while Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata led revolutionary movements in the 1910s, not the dictatorship during the Texas Revolution or the U.S. war.

Antonio López de Santa Anna is the figure. He led Mexico during the Texas Revolution and later in the Mexican‑American War. At San Jacinto, Texan rebels defeated his forces and captured him, which secured Texas’s independence from Mexico. He also returned to power to direct Mexico in the war with the United States, after which Mexico ceded a large portion of its territory, including Texas, to the United States. The other figures come from different periods: Porfirio Díaz ruled Mexico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and wasn’t the dictator in this conflict, while Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata led revolutionary movements in the 1910s, not the dictatorship during the Texas Revolution or the U.S. war.