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Napoleon (Early months of 1810)
Napoleon takes control of Spain and puts his brother in the throne for Spain, and the people are not satisfied because they want Ferdinand back. -
Conspiracies Begin
Miguel Hidalgo, josefa ortiz de domínguez, Juan Aldama, and Ignacio Allende began to hold secret meetings because they wanted an independence movement, they would say that they were getting together in a literary club to not get caught. -
Conspiracies are exposed
Military discovers the conspiracies, they have to act quickly and Miguel Hidalgo performs “El Grito.” -
First Battle
First battle between indians and spaniards, rebels burned down the door to the castle and eventually won. -
Monte de las Cruces
The battle of Monte de las Cruces, where Hidalgo and Allende fought with the people, most of their followers were indians, which shows that not only creoles wanted independence. -
Calderón Bridge
The troops of Hidalgo, Allende, Mariano Abasolo, and Aldama known as the battle of Calderón Bridge. This was Miguel Hidalgo’s last battle. -
Miguel Hidalgo Killed
Prisoners are taken to Chihuahua and Miguel Hidalgo’s head is hung in Guanajuato to warn the people to stop the movement. Some got scared and stopped the independence, some used that as fuel to their fire. -
Initiation Ends
Initiation stage comes to a close, consolidation stage begins. -
Battle of Temalaca
The battle of Temalaca took place in Puebla lead by Jose Maria
Morelos. At the end, Morelos was captured and executed. -
Consolidation Ends
Consolidation stage comes to a close, the consummation stage begins (Resistance stage is skipped). -
Ejército de las Tres Garantías
The Ejército de las Tres Garantías was created by merging the troops of Agustín de Iturbide and Guerrero. -
Independence
Vicente Guerrero marched to the capital, the Ejército de las Tres Garantías entered Mexico and they had eventually won the independence movement, but it wasn’t called as a victory until the next day by Agustín de Iturbide.