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Miguel Hidalgo a mexican priest met Ignacio Allende and then he met Juan de Aldama, Miguel Domínguez, Doña Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez and Marino Galvan. They created the "Literary Club" in which they talked about overthrowing the current government, creating equality between creoles and peninsulares. The attack was set for December 8 1810.
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Epigmenio Gonzalez, the man who hosted the literary club was arrested by the spanish authorities. He was caught due to Mariano Galvan who informed his superior who informed the Audiencia in Mexico DF. As a consequence police searched Epigmenio’s house and found fire arms which led to his arrest.
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When the rest of the literary club learned about Epigmenio’s arrest they decided to start the independence before hand. Miguel Hidalgo gave the Grito de Dolores which started the war by summoning the rest of the social pyramid. Due to the success of the Grito Miguel and his new army took San Miguel de Allende carrying a banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
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Hidalgo and his army marched into Guanajuato and were ambushed by the spaniard in the Alhondiga de Granaditas. Among many deaths was Juan Antonio de Riaño. Finally the rebels won as Juan Jose Martinez “El Pipila” an indian who lead the army, burned down the Alhondiga’s door and went in killing the spaniards inside.
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By this date the rebels had taken Valladolid, Zacatecas and San Luis Potosi. The army was ready to take down the capital but Hidalgo backed out because he was afraid of what would happen once he had taken the city and lost control of his army of savages. This caused arguments among the leaders of the revolution, Hidalgo, and Allende.
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The insurgent army was captured by Felix Calleja’s army.
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Hidalgo was captured with his army. The executed him and displayed his decapitated body in Guanajuato as an example of the consequences of conspiring.
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Criollos were scared by the threat of death for treason and did not support the revolutionary movement. Morelos then had to rely on the mestizo population. He was later captured and executed for treason.
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Vicente Guerrero met with Viceroy Apodaca and together they discussed the treaty of Iguala which declared Mexico a sovereign land and guaranteed the following three things: They would be a constitutional monarchy, creoles and peninsulares would now be equal, and the roman catholic church would be the only church. This they named The Army of the Three Guarantees.
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When Viceroy Apodaca was replace by O'Donoju the Treaty of Iguala changed into the Treaty of Cordoba which was finally recognized by spain resulting in the sovereignty of Mexico.
