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Planning (Initiation)
With the whole issue that spain was having with napoleon, that caused Spain to put less attention to Mexico. With that, the plan for the revolution started to form and people like Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez started to plan the independence. -
Plans Caught (Initiation)
The plan of independence got discovered by the spaniards and Josefa Ortiz de dominguez told the people that they had been discovered and that they had to start the independence as soon as possible since they were doing to get caught. -
Grito de Dolores (Initiation)
The grito de dolores happened when Miguel Hidalgo rang the bells of a church as a way to start the independence. He gave a speech called the grito de dolores intended for the people that were in his side as a way of union and initiation of the war. -
El Pipila (Consolidation)
There was an angry mass of mexicans that attacked the city. A man with the nickname el pipila, tied a piece of stone in his back to protect himself from the bullets of the spanish and set the building on fire. The war was in Guanajuato. -
Monte de las Cruces (Consolidation)
Battle of monte de las cruces, the mexican rebels defeated the spanish, it was leaded by Miguel Hidalgo and Ignacio allende. They started the conquer many land and their power started to expand. -
Crash of Armies (Consolidation)
Calderon bridge battle happened, were the two armies from the spanish and mexican side crashed and fought, the spaniards were outnumbered but they were better trained -
Hidalgo's death (Resistance)
There was battle and Hidalgo was moving troops, however he got caught and got executed since he was accused of treason. -
Congress of Chilpancingo (Consolidation)
After the death of hidalgo, Jose Maria Morelos got into power and he did the Congress of Chilpancingo were the wanted to do a new constitution which ended up being called the Constitution of Apatzingán. Days after that, morelos got captured and executed. -
Plan de Iguala (Consolidation)
Agustin Iturbide got into power and created the plan de iguala with guerrero. The Ejército de las Tres Garantías was created and Iturbide had the final say. -
Independence (Consummation)
The Ejército de las Tres Garantías marched into the city of Mexico and there was a treaty called Treaty of Córdoba which was that the spanish troops would withdraw. Mexico was finally independent.
