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The Grito de Dolores
El Grito de Dolores is considered the starting point of Mexico's Independence Movement by the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla who was accompanied by Ignacio Allende and Juan Aldama. This cry was aimed at the parishioners not knowing the viceroyalty authority of New Spain and revolting against it. After giving the message he tolled the bells of the parish of Dolores -
Alhóndiga de Granaditas.
The insurgents assault the Granaditas Alhóndiga. -
Miguel Hidalgo is executed
He was captured near Monclova and taken to the city of Chihuahua, where he was prosecuted by the civil, military and ecclesiastical authorities. During his trial, Hidalgo confessed responsibility for having unleashed the struggle for independence. He was declared "guilty of high treason", for which he was condemned to the priestly degradation and to the death penalty. And he was shot in Chihuahua -
The Cadiz Costitution
The Cadiz Costitution, which was liberal and was against the absolutist regime and in favor of individual rights, was enacted. -
The Congress of Chilpancingo is inaugurated
It was the first Mexican political assembly free of Spanish oppression. The insurgent forces saw the need to organize an authority that would direct the operations of the majority and, at the same time, constitute a government, headed by Morelos. -
Feelings of the nation
Morelos expressed his ideals in the document Fellings of the nation, which he read at the Congress of Chilpancingo, and on which the Constitution of Apatzingan is based -
The Costitution of Apatzingan
It expresses the political ideology, the vision of the State, the form of government and the society the insurgents dreamt of. The historical importance lies in two principles: First: José María Morelos legislated representing the New Kingdom of León and there expressed his “Feeling of the Nation”. Second: the historical and constitutional foundation of the Mexican State. -
Ferdinand VII returned to Spain
Ferdinand VII returned to Spain to occupy the throne and he abolished the Constitution of Cadiz and dissolved the courts since he wanted to return to absolutism -
Morelos was captured
He was shot in San Cristóbal Ecatepec, fulfilling the order of the Viceroy of New Spain and bitter enemy of the priest, Félix María Calleja; the sentence was predictable since Morelos was captured by the realistic general Manuel de la Concha, in the vicinity of Tehuacán. -
The insurgent movement in New Spain dissolved
The insurgent movement in New Spain was virtually dissolved. The territory was in trouble due to the ravages of the war, the fields were neglected or abandoned, which caused food shortages. -
La Profesa
It was a conspiracy that took place in Mexico City, with the intention of establishing a separate monarchy from the Kingdom of Spain, supported by Iturbide -
Plan of Iguala
It was an act of political agreement, intensely complex in its consequences, although simple in its phrasing, which united conservatives and liberals, rebels and realists, and Creoles and Spaniards. It consisted of 23 articles, and had something for everyone, written by Agustin de Iturbide
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