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Conspire against Spanish
People from Criollo families would get together to conspire against the Spanish rule by using books written by Enlightenment thinkers. -
Doña Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez
The Spanish government set in New Spain found out about these conspiracists and set out men to arrest them. Doña Josefa Ortíz de Domínguez was locked in her home by her husband, a corregidor, so that she wouldn’t get arrested and she managed to send out word that the others were being searched for. When Allende found out, he went to Dolores to tell Hidalgo. -
Hidalgo
Allende told Hidalgo of what was going to happen to conspirators if the Spanish were to get to them and Hidalgo called mass to gather the Mexicans and motivate them for war (Grito de Dolores). -
The Attack of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas
The Spanish made a barricade and “El Pípila” took a rock on his back and knocked down a door while lighting the Alhóndiga de Granaditas on fire to kill the Spanish. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6a/26/9c/6a269c7ed2b659a8ff724a5c03dc28ad.jpg -
Battle of Monte de las Cruces
The Insurgents, under Hidalgo and Allende, won over the Spanish. It was fought between the insurgent troops of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and Ignacio Allende against the New Spain royalist troops of General Torcuato Trujillo, in the Sierra de las Cruces mountains between Mexico City and Toluca. -
Battle of Calederón Bridge
The Insurgents were defeated by the Spanish Royalists.Almost 100,000 Mexican revolutionists contributed to the attack, commanded by Miguel Hidalgo, Ignacio Allende, Juan Aldama and Mariano Abasolo. -
Hidalgo killed
Hidalgo was turned over to the bishop of Durango, Francisco Gabriel de Olivares, for an official defrocking and excommunication on 27 July 1811. He was then found guilty of treason by a military court and executed by the Spanish -
Battle of Temalaca
The battle was fought between the royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown and the Mexican rebels fighting for independence from the Spanish Empire. The Mexican insurgents were commanded by José María Morelos and the Spanish by Manuel de la Concha. The battle resulted in a victory for the Spanish Royalists. -
Plan de Iguala
The Plan stated that Mexico was to become a constitutional monarchy, whose sole official religion would be Roman Catholicism, in which all inhabitants of Mexico would enjoy equal political and social rights.It took its name from the city of Iguala in the modern-day state of Guerrero. -
Agutin de Iturbide
Iturbide and his men arrived at Mexico City and took charge. Iturbide named himself emperor of Mexico.
