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Napoleon invaded Spain
Penninsular War In 1808, Napoleon invaded Spain, and decided to impose his brother JJosé Bonaparte, as king of Spain -
Father Hidaldo
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla started a revolt against the Spanish by declaring war -
Battle of Guanajuato
Rebels marched to [Guanajuato](rebels marched to Guanajuato to engage in a battle with the Spanish Army) to engage in a battle with the Spanish Army -
Grito de Dolores
The Grito de Dolores ("Cry of Dolores") also known as El Grito de la Independencia ("Cry of Independence"), was uttered from the small town of Dolores near Guanajuato marking the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence. -
Battle of the “Alhóndiga de Granaditas”.
Rebels won their first victories over the troops loyal to the king and defeated them in the battle of the “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alh%C3%B3ndiga_de_Granaditas”. -
The Battle of Monte de las Cruces
The Battle of Monte de las Cruces was one of the pivotal battles of the early Mexican War of Independence. It was fought between the insurgent troops of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and Ignacio Allende against the royalist troops of General Torcuato Trujillo in the Sierra de las Cruces mountains between Mexico City and Toluca. -
Battle of the Bridge of Calderón
Spanish forces fought the Battle of the Bridge of Calderón and defeated the insurgent army -
Hidaldo is captured
Hidalgo and his remaining soldiers were captured in the state of Coahuila at the Wells of Baján (Norias de Baján). -
Hidalgo is captured and shot
The prisoners were taken to Chihuahua where they were tried. Allende, Aldama and Jiménez were shot on June 26, Hidalgo on July 30 -
Morelos leads the rebels
The leadership of the revolutionary army was then assumed by José María Morelos after the death of Miguel Hidalgo -
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The siege of Cuautla
Cuautla was the setting for one of the fiercest battles of the Revolutionary War, the Siege of Cuautla which began on February 19 and ended on May 2, 1812. The city was taken by the forces of the priest and General Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon, who defended the city against the Spanish General Felix Maria Calleja del Rey, a few weeks before the need to withdraw. -
Spanish Constitution of 1812
It was the Liberal Spanish Constitution of 1820 signed by King Ferdinand of Spain that slowly brought the people of Mexico together to form a new empire. -
Morelos breaks the Siege of Cuautla
The next year his forces were besieged by the Spanish army, and on May 2, 1812, Morelos broke through the siege of Cuautla -
Constitution of Apatzingan
In October 22, 1814 Mexican congress adopts Mexico first Constitution in Apatzingan. -
Morelos is taken prisoner and executed
While escorting the new insurgent Congress in November 1815, José María Morelos was defeated in Tezmalaca. He was taken prisoner, tried, and executed for treason. -
Treaty of Córdoba
Finally, in 1821, representatives of the Spanish crown and Iturbide signed the Treaty of Córdoba, which recognized Mexican independence and the Mexican Empire was formed.
