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Aug 1, 1521
Spain gains land where Mexico is now
Hernan Cortes, and his conquistadors suppressed natives forming a colony. -
Period: Aug 1, 1521 to
Events
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Mexico's war independence starts
After almost 300 years of spanish occupation, the natives of the country started to get angry. -
Grito de Dolores
A progressive priest named Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla encouraged his followers to arm themselves and fight against spanish colonial rule. And this day became the country’s birthday of Mexico. -
costilla’s army was defeated at Calderón
after this, Costilla was executed, but others took the commandership of the rebellion. -
Hidalgo and associates were captured and executed
his army was ambushed by a group of rebellion who turn into loyalist. -
Spanish Viceroy Juan de O’Donojú signed the Treaty of Córdoba
This treaty approves a plan to make Mexico an independent constitutional monarchy -
Agustín de Iturbide, the leader of the Royalist forces, negotiated the Plan of Iguala with Vicente Guerrero
Mexico would become a Constitutional monarchy and the Catholic still have privilege. pure Spaniard will be treated better than Mexican. -
Iturbide was proclaimed the emperor of Mexico
because no Bourbon monarch to rule Mexico had been found -
republic was set.
Republican leaders Santa Anna and Guadalupe Victoria deposed Iturbide and set up a republic, with Guadalupe Victoria as its first president. -
The battle of Puebla
Mexicans gained victory during the French-Mexican War.
