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The Execution of Nolan
Philip Nolan is a man who originated from Ireland to the United States and was then executed under the Spanish reign for being a spy. the Spanish, following the word of Mordecai Richards, believed that Nolan was a spy from the very detail, and said to be impossible, a map that he had created. This debacle took place near Waco, Texas. This is an early sign of Mexican independence because of the desire to protect itself from foreign events that could bring a demise (De la Teja; Tyler 105). -
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A Neutral Ground
A conflict between Cordero and Jefferson started with U.S. Troops in a Spanish area. This pushed the Spanish out of the area and later an agreement was agreed upon of a border between the U.S. and Spanish reign. While the United States sent troops to the area of Natchitoches in 1805, it was in early 1806 when tensions started to rise. Spanish claimed and declared areas under creating tension (De la Teja; Tyler 106 & 107). -
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Defense Against the Anglo-Americans
Governor Cordero was in fear that the territory that the Spanish had set claim upon, would be stolen underneath them by Anglo-Americans. To protect the land, attack for the Spanish planned to increase the population of the land, so they could have more citizens fight to protect it. There is not one single pinpoint area where this tactic was performed, from 1805 to the Mexican War of Independence in 1810. This gauged the level of protection offered against the enemy (De la Teja; Tyler 108). -
Father Hildaglo Revolt
With a low rank within the confines of the military Father Hildaglo, is known as the father of Mexican Independence He felt as if the government was mistreating them, so upon the steps of a church with a religious flag in hand, he gave out the "battle" cry. All of this started on September 16th, 1810 near Nuevo Leon. He is one of, if not the first, to speak out of having Mexico separate from its motherland (De la Teja; Tyler 116 & 117). -
The Death of Hildaglo
Father Hildaglo’s revolt did not last long. The motherland did not care for the idea of Mexico leaving its rules, therefore the government sent troops to take care of the revolt. Father Hildaglo was promptly executed. Father Hildaglo fled from the defeat at Calderon Bridge but was caught and faced death on January 17th, 1811. Even when Hildaglo faced death, his voice was already heard and others started to gather to start to revolt against the motherland (De la Teja; Tyler 118 & 119). -
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The Casas Revolt
A man retired as a criollo militia officer, Juan Bautista de las Casas led Texas' first revolt against Spanish rule. This started after the news of Father Hildaglo defeat, and Juan claimed this was to keep the land from descending into anarchy. This revolt was never really ever stable, however. And while it started on January 21, 1811, it ended on March 17th. The revolt led people to mutiny as the Spanish officials lost trust in the government (De la Teja; Tyler 118). -
A Constitution
Father Jose Maria Morelos plays a major role in the fight for independence. With skills of being able to organize he draft the first constitution for the Mexican Government. The first draft of the Mexican Constitution Father Morelos drafted was on March 21st, 1811. With a constitution drafted and a plan for the start of a government in place, it showed that even if they had been defeated in battle, they had not given up on their fight to be recognized as independent (De la Teja; Tyler 119). -
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Introduction of Gutierrez and Magee
Even if Hildaglo failed, Gutierrez took up the role along with a U.S. military officer Augustus Magee. Their Filibuster might not have been a large number of troops, but only slightly successful before the Spanish Empire started to send resources to outposts. Started in August 1812 and ended at La Bahia on April 1st, 1813. Forced to flee Magee was captured and killed. It only pushed for further independence as survivors did not give up and retreated to rebuild (De la Teja; Tyler 120). -
Recognized Independence
With an agreement between a royalist officer by the name of Agustin de Iturbide and a rebel going by the name of Vicente Guerrero, an agreement was reached. With the revolt upon the Spanish waiting to sail upon a moment's notice, and Iturbide sent into battle, he instead agrees to the separation of Mexico from Spain. This event took place on February 24th, 1821. This is the official end of the battle of Mexico struggling to gain its independence from Spain (De la Teja; Tyler 129).