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The priest that went by the name of Miguel Hidalgo was participating in the new movement of independence, formed by mostly creoles. The group consisted of the priest, Dolores Guanajuato, Ignacio Allende, and Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez. These individuals created this group that was supposed to be a literary group, but they used that to lead the officials away, and have an alibi for their meetings. In the meetings they planned attacks like the one that occurred in the 8th of December the same year.
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These meetings where brought to light to the government a couple of months after by a traitor. His name was Marino Garza, and he led Spaniards to Epigemenio Gonzalez in Queretero, where they found that Garza's accusations where truthful. Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez knew about the traitor, and told Ignacio Perez to contact Ignacio Allende, Juan aldama, and Miguel Hidalgo and warn them.
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With the government in on the meetings, the leaders of the movement, Aldama, Allende, and Hidalgo decided to start the movement, and finally make it public. Hidalgo rings the church bells to gather the people up, and then uses the Virgen de Guadalupe to get them to join the cause. The indpendence movement later takes control of San Miguel de Allende and they kill all of the Spaniards, and eventually the city too.
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Miguel Hidalgo and his group arrive to Guanajuato to fight the Spaniards. When they arrived, all the Spaniards where tucked away safely in the Alhondiga de Granaditas. The group, by El Pipila's commands, set fire to the fortress' door, killing the Spaniards inside. Legends where made after this, for example one of El Pipila being a hero and burning the door alone.
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Upon capturing the city of San Luis Potosi, and others like Zacatecas, and Valladolid, the rebels went to Mexico City. In Monte de las Cruces, they outnumbered the Spaniards, so it was a massacre. Hidalgo didn't want to lose more men, cause more chaos, or have his men go crazy like in the past in Mexico, so he didn't attack the city, which affected the cause greatly.
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When the rebels arrived in Guadalajara, General Felix Maria Calleja gave them a warm-welcome to the city, attacking the rebels with royalist troops. During the crossfire, the Spaniards hit a ammunitian wagon, which exploded and killed rebel groups. Allende and Hidalgo fled the scene and looked for shelter in Coahuila or other places up north.
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When Miguel Hidalgo fled to the north, he stayed in Texas, eventually being found and captured, to be delivered to Chihuaha. After the trial, it was decided that Miguel hidalgo was to be executed in July 31,1811 for treason and heresy.
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With Hidalgo out of the picture, the independence was lead by Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon, another priest. With the death of Hidalgo, the cause was losing supporters, people where tired of fighting. But nevertheless, Morelos continued on training a small and elite army that used guerilla tactics, to seize Mexico City.
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Chilpancingo declared independance and got it in 1813.
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Valladolid, Oaxaca, Taco, Cuautla, and Chilpancingo are finally captured by Calleja for the independence movement. The constitution now starts to take form in Apatzingan, but it still doesn't change everything.
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Morelos was captured in 1815, and executed like the previous leader of the cause, Hidalgo
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After years of fighting and rebellion, Lieutenent Iturbide and Guerrero come to an agreement to make peace. The agreement was that they would follow the Plan de Iguala which consisted of a consitutional monarchy, religion, and equality between creoles an peninsulares. Iturbide made an army called El ejercito de las Tres Garantias to make sure these promises were being completed.
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The Plan de Iguala is accepted through Mexico, Spain's control starts diminishing, and viceroys are expelled. When a new viceroy comes in, he adopts the independenca and recognixes it. Iturbide coming into Mexico City, symbolized the end of the war
