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Hernán Cortés and his army toppled the Aztec empire. Charles V, Cortés founded Ciudad de Mexico which is Mexico’s capital.
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Martín Cortés lead the earliest revolt against the Philippines. After the First revolt, many other countries tied and suceeded.
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The wrote a proclamation urging the people to get away from the rule of Spain. Then They Established an independent Mexico. An important name in this event is Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. Everything during this event led to decades of struggles. Launched a decade struggle
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Massive army of Angry Mexicans walked towards Mexico City commanded by Miguel Hidalgo. The Viceroy and Spanish officers tried to round up all forces and tried to stop them from going to Mexico city.
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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla came close to capturing Mexico’s capital. They were Defeated at Calderón, January, 1811.
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Liberals took power in Spain and new government promised reforms to appease the Mexican revolutionaries. The French army invaded Spain and took over all the powers. Before doing this, they had to get approval from the crown heads of Europe.
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Agustín de Iturbide, the leader of the Royalist forces negotiated the Plan of Iguala with Vicente Guerrero. Mexicans of Spanish descent, would be regarded as equal to pure Spaniard’s Mexicans of mixed or pure Indian blood have lesser rights than other people.
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Spanish Viceroy Juan de O’Donojú signed the Treaty of Córdoba, which approves a plan to make Mexico an independent constitutional monarchy. The Treaty of Cordoba ended the New Spain’s dependence on Old Spain.
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The extraordinary cotes at Madrid approved 3 important articles to the revolution
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Defeated France at the Battle of Puebla during the French-Mexican War. This ended the war.
