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BOURBONS
Change of Dynasty in Spain, the Bourbons obtain de power. -
WAR
1701-1714
War of the Spanish Succession -
BOURBON REFORMS
1759
Charles III began ruling Spain and applied a series of changes in the governing of the Spanish colonies, these are known as the Bourbon Refoms -
COLONIAL ARMY
1764
Creation of the Colonial Army in New Spain -
JOSE DE GALVAEZ
1765
Jose de Galvaez was sent to New Spain to put the Bourbon Reforms into practice -
MUNICIPALITIES
1786
New Spain is divided into municipalities -
INDEPENDENCE AND CONSTITUTION
1787
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of New Spain showed that itt was possible to adopt a republican government system in which individuals had inalienable rights no one could take away. -
EMPEROR NAPOLEON
1804
After the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte seized power and proclaimed himself Emperor of the French Empire -
FRENCH ARMY
1808
Napoleon in his way to Portugal, took the opportunity to stay in Spain and the French army set up camp there -
JOSEPH BONAPARTE
1808-1813
Napoleon declared his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, the King of Spain -
CONSTITUTION OF CADIZ
1812
Constitution of cadiz was wrote and established a constitutional monarchy as the form of Government -
INSURRECTION
1810
Meetings of criollos (Doña Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez), military (Ignacio Allende and Juan Aldama) and priest (Miguel Hidalgo), they planned to being the insurrection -
JOSE MARIA MORELOS Y PAVON
October 1810
Miguel Hidalgo met with the priest Pavon and named him General of the Southern Armies and commissioned him to take the port of Acapulco -
MIGUEL HIDALGO
1810
Miguel Hidalgo invited the people to join them and fight for King Ferdinand VII against the colonial government on the night of September 15th, 1810 in the town of Dolores, Guanajuato -
PRISONERS
Miguel Hidalgo, Ignacio Allende, Juan Aldama, Mariano Abasolo and other leaders were taken prisoners in Acatitla de Bajan and sent to Chihuahua to be tried and executed -
MORELOS EXPRESSED HIS IDEALS
He expressed it in the document "Feelings of the Nation" which he read at the Congress of Chilpancingo and on which the Constitution of Apatzingan is based -
FERDINAND VII
He 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 WERE CAPTURED
The Royalist Army persecuted the members of Congress. Some managed to escape, but Morelos were captured and sentenced to death -
INSURGENT MOVEMENT
The insurgent movement in New Spain was virtually dissolved -
ACCEPTING
Ferdinand VII after to caused disagreement of the Constitution of Cadiz, he accepted the Constitution and Spain becoming a Constitutional Monarchy -
TRIGARANTE ARMY
Iturbide decided to negotiate with Guerrero instead of fighting him, so on February 10, 1821 they sealed the pact with a hug and agreed to end the war and to form the Trigarante Army. Soon thereafter, Iturbide wrote the Plan of Iguala who restored the Constitution of 1812 proposed a monarchy limited to New Spain and invited Ferdinand VII to lead it -
THE COSUMMATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Iturbide procaimed the Independence, but it was not until August 24 that the Viceroy Juan O´Donoju signed the Cordoba Treaties with him, accepting the independence of the Spanish Colony
