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Initiation
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The Beginning
Miguel Hidalgo met Ignacio Allende and Allende got to a point in which he had so much confidence with Hidalgo that he introduced him with some friends including Juan de Aldama, Miguel Dominguez, Doña Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez, Epigmenio Gonzalez, and Marino Galvan. They all organized and became members of a "literary club" in which they came up with a plan of how to go against the Spanish government so that one day the Criollos could be equal to the Peninsulares. -
They Were Oficially Discovered
After the date of the uprising was set and the plan was looking successful, Marino Galván decided to leak the conspiracy and that's how it was discovered. The Spanish started moving in September 13, they first went to Epigmenio Gonzalez house and that's when they discovered the conspiracy and found the weapons. Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez taped the floor three times and that was the sign to send Igancio Pérez to San Miguel and Dolores to tell the leaders to holdup the day planned for the uprising. -
El Grito de Dolores
16 de Septiembre is the day Hidalgo rang the church bells earlier than the usual in the morning, they all gathered in a little church in Dolores. Hidalgo gave them a really famous speech known today as the "Grito de Dolores" in which he talked about how they must act, defend their religion and go against the bad government. -
The Incident at the Alhóndiga de Granaditas
This day, Hidalgo began going towards Guanajuato, hundreds of workers who worked on the silver mines joined him. Hidalgo tried to convince Juan Antonio Riaño to do everything peacefully not exactly with deaths but Riaño declined his proposal and told his men to go inside the "Alhondiga de Granaditas." Hidalgo told his group of men to attack and later told the "Pipila" to fire the buildings door. -
Monte de las Cruces
After Hidalgo and Allende split their army into two forces, by late October Hidalgo had an army of eighty thousand marching on Mexico City. This battle occured in October 30 at the Monte de las Cruces and it was really important because the insurgents demonstrated that an outnumbered army could defeat a smaller but really well prepared Spanish army, -
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Consolidation
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The Battle of Calderón Bridge
This was one of the most important battles, this battle ocurred in Guadalajara. Hidalgo, Allende, and Aldama were involved and they fought against the Spanish, they all get captured and killed, the only one that doesn't get killed in that exact moment is Hidalgo. The Spanish won this time and they say that because of this battle the Independence was delayed ten years. -
Miguel Hidalgos Last Minutes
After the Spanish captured the Insurgent leaders, they killed everyone at the moment excpet Hidalgo because he was a priest. Because of his religious power he was shot in the stomach until he was shot to death. -
Important and Rough Times
The Congress of Chilpancingo was the formal declaration that Mexico finally became Independent from Spain. About two years later the Battle of Temalaca occured, in this battle the army of Morelos lost against the Spanish and Morelos was also captured. -
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Resistance
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Consumation
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The Plan de Iguala
Agustin de Iturbide and Vicente Guerrero told this plan to the "Ejercito de las Tres Garantias." This plan included constitutional monarchy, official religion was to be Roman Catholicism, and that the Criollos were equal to the Penisulares. -
The End
This month marked the end of eleven years of war. The "Ejercito de las Tres Garantias" enter Mexico City announcing their Independence.
