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Was a criollo, remembered as the father of the movement that pushed Mexico towards independence. -
Hidalgo gained further support for the rebellion by choosing the Virgin of Guadalupe as a symbol for the cause. -
One of the people ordered to hunt down Morelos was Agustin de Iturbide. He had fought against the rebels on the side of the Spanish king. Iturbide got removed from his command because he was a cruel leader. -
Father Hidalgo rang the town’s church bells to call the people to mass. As the people assembled, he gave the Grito de Dolores. This speech started the conflict that eventually freed Mexico form Spain. -
He replaced Hidalgo as the leader of the revolution. Morelos was a mestizo. Morelos was a brilliant military. -
Hidalgo, was captured and found guilty of reason. He was executed in front of a firing squad. He was decapitated and his head was placed on a pole. (Hidalgo death’s July 30th, 1812) -
Because Morelos was a mestizo and brought the lower classes into the revolution, the peninsulares and criollos became afraid of mob violence. Soon the criollos and peninsulares had hunted down Morelos. They placed him in front of the firing squad and executed him. -
Iturbide met with Vicente Guerrero, the new leader of the rebellion and Iturbide’s former, and planned a coup d’état. Together, Guerrero and Iturbide created the Plan of Iguala. -
First, there would be equal treatment under the law for both peninsulares and criollos. Second, Catholicism would be the official religion of Mexico. And third, Mexico would be a moderate monarchy. -
The three parts of the plan were known as union, religion, and independence.
Represented the flag. Red represents the union, aka the blood. White purity of Catholicism. Green hope of Independence. -
Iturbide would be the one to lead Mexico to Independence from Spain in 1821.