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Aug 3, 1521
Spanish taking over mexico
Hernán Cortés and his army toppled the Aztec empire. Charles V, Cortés founded Ciudad de Mexico which is Mexico’s capital. -
Dec 3, 1521
Revolt against the Spanish colonial government.
Martín Cortés lead the earliest revolt against the Philippines. After the First revolt, many other countries tied and suceeded. -
Grito de Dolores
The wrote a proclamation urging the people to get away from the rule of Spain. Then They Established an independent Mexico. An important name in this event is Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. Everything during this event led to decades of struggles. Launched a decade struggle -
Battle of the Monte de las Cruces
Massive army of Angry Mexicans walked towards Mexico City commanded by Miguel Hidalgo. The Viceroy and Spanish officers tried to round up all forces and tried to stop them from going to Mexico city. -
Mexican rebellion with his “Cry of Dolores.”
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla came close to capturing Mexico’s capital. They were Defeated at Calderón, January, 1811. -
Power in Spain
Liberals took power in Spain and new government promised reforms to appease the Mexican revolutionaries. The French army invaded Spain and took over all the powers. Before doing this, they had to get approval from the crown heads of Europe. -
Plan of Iguala
Agustín de Iturbide, the leader of the Royalist forces negotiated the Plan of Iguala with Vicente Guerrero. Mexicans of Spanish descent, would be regarded as equal to pure Spaniard’s Mexicans of mixed or pure Indian blood have lesser rights than other people. -
The Treaty of Córdoba
Spanish Viceroy Juan de O’Donojú signed the Treaty of Córdoba, which approves a plan to make Mexico an independent constitutional monarchy. The Treaty of Cordoba ended the New Spain’s dependence on Old Spain. -
Decree of the cortes at Madrid
The extraordinary cotes at Madrid approved 3 important articles to the revolution -
Mexican army’s victory over France
Defeated France at the Battle of Puebla during the French-Mexican War. This ended the war.
