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Mexican Independence1810-1824
Better GovernmentIndependenceMonarchyRepublicWho benefits from Independence?Who does not benefit from Independence?
Key Terms
• Grito de Dolores• Spanish Constitution of 1812• Chilpancingo• Plan de Iguala• Army of Three Guarantees• Treaty of Córdoba•1st Mexican Empire, 1821-1823
Primary Actors
• Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla• Ignacio Allende-Captain Spanish Army• Josefina Dominguez - La Corregidora• Father José María Morelos• Agustín Iturbide-Colonel Spanish Army
• Guadalupe Victoria-1st President of Mexico
Factors contributing to Independence movement
• Criollo vs. Peninsular rivalry
• The Enlightenment• Bourbon Reforms• French occupation of Spain• Push for Local Autonomy• Casta Unrest
El Grito de DoloresA mural by Juan O'Gorman depicts Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla's call to
revolt against Spain on Sept. 16, 1810.
Father Miguel HidalgoAlthough considered the Father of Mexican Independence:He never called for Independence, but rather for better
government
1813 Congress at Chilpancingo
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The Plan de Iguala’s Three Guarantees
Itrubide’s Banner that won Independence for Mexico
• Independence for all Mexicans
• Equality for Peninsulares and Criollos (not necessarily for the Indigenous populations)
• Catholicism as the official state religion
Angel of Independence
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