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The main ideas of the enlightened thinkers such as: the use of reason and the idea of equality and freedom will spread among colonies, generating independentist desires.
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Luis XVI assumes the power, after an economic crisis of the state. The king made the decision to increase taxes in general.
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In 1775 the war of independence began, liberated by George Washington, a year later the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, which was signed on July 4, 1776, proclaimed that "all men They are born equal¨
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On July 14, 1789 takes possession of the Bastille, began the French Revolution.
This generated a lot of concern in the rest of European monarchies, since it showed that the will of the people is greater than the authority of one man, influenced colonies to spread the ideals of equality and freedom -
Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain in 1808, as a consequence the recognition of equality of all territories of Spanish rule was given. Thus they were summoned at the beginning of 1810, the accomplishment of General Cortes of Cadiz.
The ideas of equality between the Spanish colonies and the metópoli took force. -
The differences between criollos and peninsulares persisted throughout the colonial period, but the frequent marriages of Peninsulares with criollo maidens made these differences lose strength.
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In the early years of the nineteenth century began to develop insurrectional movements in Central America and the rest of the continent. In Central America, on November 5, 1811, a revolt was initiated, led by Father Matías Delgado, who called the insurrection by ringing the bells of La Merced church.
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Finally, the Act of Independence was signed in Guatemala on September 15, 1821. In order for independence to take place, various causes affected it, which historians classify as external and internal.
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The annexation of the General Captaincy of Guatemala to the First Mexican Empire was a political process that occurred temporarily, when several Central American provinces joined the First Mexican Empire.
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In Mexico the regime of Agustín de Iturbide is overthrown by the republican sectors, the act of annexation to Mexico was carried out in the National Palace of Guatemala
