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What Is Francisco Fair?
The Saltillo Fair was the distribution of goods in northern Mexico City and it started at the end of the seventeenth century. It severed as an outlet for ranchers wishing to sell their livestock to Texans. The Texas ranchers brought along many cattle products such as cattle themselves, and buffalo hides and they returned with vast amount of luxurious items. This showed how close Mexico and Texas were and helped the local economy in northern Mexico grow.

Francisco Javier Rodríguez was a petty-merchant who owed a lot of debt to customers. Due to that, he was not planning on returning to the fair the following year. He wanted to wait to return until he had the necessary means to pay back his debt. Francisco was very knowledgeable of the situation
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During the 1782 fair, Francisco hired a surety named Menchaca who was questioned by the customers and who told them Francisco's plan to pay off the debt. Francisco did not have a good sense of his priorities because he decided to go to Louisiana during the 1782 fair, instead of telling his customers that he does not the money to pay off his debt. He hired Menchaca, middle man, to do it for him. Francisco did not have strong integrity because he avoided going to the 1782 fair. The reason why he didn't attend the fair was because he still did not have means to pay off his debt to his customers. Francisco did not show any signs of compassion because he let his surety, Menchaca, go to the fair not considering what would happen to him because of his promise. Initially, he was a coward, but he did have a plan in order to pay off his debt. In the end, he was a man of his word, and ended up paying off …show more content…
Manuel was not very knowledgeable because while he was trying to figure out a plan to get back home, he ran into a petty merchant-cattleman. His name was Manuel Morjaras, and was almost successful in defrauding all of Gonzálezs proceeds. González did have his priorities straight because he a goal and plan in which to achieve that goal. His plan was to gather a herd, sell some beeves at Santa Rosa, then go to the fair, and try to obtain enough money so he could be transported to his homeland. González had strong integrity because he achieved his goal of returning home with no help and did not put his fate in other people's hands. Throughout his dilemma he showed compassion because he did not trick or take advantage over anyone he did everything on his own. González did run into a problem, which was the petty merchant-cattleman, who almost ruined his plan to get back home. He had a strong entrepreneurship quality, he was able manipulate the customers into buying his merchandise all by himself. González was very knowledgeable of himself and his abilities because he knew what he was capable of and had a plan in order to get back home. I thought González was very sustainable because he was self-sufficient and solved his problems on his

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