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Early Months of 1810
This was when Hidalgo's path crossed that of Ignacio Allende. Allende took the priest into confidence and they organized a group consisting of Juan de Aldama, Miguel Domínguez, Jose Ortiz de Domínguez, Epigmenio González, Marino Galván, and a few others. This was the group that began planning the independence movement. -
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The Wars Of Independence
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The Plan Gets Leaked
The postal clerk leaks the new to his superior, who, in turn, informed audiencia in Mexico City. The forewarned Spanish authorities search the house of Epigmenio González in Querétaro. They found bountiful arms and ammunition and arrested him. -
El Grito
Juan de Aldama immediately set out to inform Hidalgo and when he arrived a tthe priest's house, he found Allende there also. The three realized that orders for their arrests were probably already issued and they decided to strike out for independence at once. Hidalgo rang the church bells to assemble the Indians and the mestizos, and gave "el grito de dolores", -
First Major Encounter at Guanajuato
Hidalgo began his approach to Guanajuato. Hundred of workers from surrounding mines joined him. Hundreds of workers were cut down by the attendant's artillery. Riaño led a group of soldiers outside the wall to position them strategically. El pípila gathered a bunch of soft pine torches and set fire to the gate. At the end of the war, millions of gachupines were dead. -
The Chance to End the War is Lost
Hidalgo had an army of about eighty thousand marching on Mexico City. There was a battle at the Monte de las Cruces. There Hidalgo proved that sheer numbers could overcome small, well-equipped, and disciplined professional army. He then had the chance to make a decisive strike at the capital that might have ended the war, but he decided to retreat because he had suffered many losses and they were short on ammunition. -
The Spanish Finally Start Gaining Control
The royalist troops from south caught up with the rebels. Again, Hidalgo and Allende had the numerical superiority, but General Calleja conducted his operations superbly and was aided by a battlefield accident. Hidalgo and his army had to escape northward. -
Hidalgo Is Executed
this was the day that Hidalgo was executed. Hidalgo’s corpse was decapitated, and his head fastened to a pole. It was displayed on the charred wall of the granary in Guanajuato as an object lesson to potential rebels. -
Morelos Faces the Same Death as Hidalgo
Morelos was captured by an enemy detachment and escorted to Mexico City. There, he was tried for treason and as Hidalgo, he was executed by a firing squad. -
The Plan de Iguala gets issued
A series of conferences were held between Vicente Guerrero and Agustín Iturbide before they issued their Plan de Iguala. The Plan de Iguala still praised the Spanish endeavor in the New World, but it also gave Mexico its independence. -
The War Is Finally Over
Iturbide triumphantly enters into Mexico City and marks the end of eleven years of war.
