Higaldoguadalupe

MXH P7 - Timeline Wars of Independence

By deaoviedo
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    Initiation

  • Early Months of 1810 - Events Leading up to the Mexican Independence Movement

    Early Months of 1810 - Events Leading up to the Mexican Independence Movement
    There was a spanish war with France, debilitating the monarchy as a whole. Allende, Hidalgo, Josefa Ortiz, Miguel Dominguez, Epigmenio Gonzalez, & Marino Galvan organized “Literary Clubs” where they discussed their plans of action. They would shore up resources needed for the war - weapons, food, supplies, etc. They set a date for the uprising as their plans consolidated: December 8, 1810. All participants were expected to keep quiet about their plans, but Marino Gonzalez leaked the news to his

  • September 13, 1810 - Treason and Further Action

    September 13, 1810 - Treason and Further Action
    After Marino Gonzalez’s superior informed the audiencia of the group’s plans, they searched the house of Epigmenio Gonzalez in search of the supplies, and arrested him. Then, Doña Josefa sent Ignacio Perez with the news of their discovery to San Miguel in order to inform Allende. Seeing that he wasn’t there, he delivered the news to Juan de Aldama who informed Father Hidalgo.

  • September 16, 1810 - Grito de Dolores

    September 16, 1810 - Grito de Dolores
    At 2:00 in the morning Miguel Hidalgo sounded the bells of the church at Dolores, calling on the poor mestizos and criollos to rise up against the “gachupines.” The response to the “Grito de Dolores” was overwhelming and they marched to San Miguel, picking up more recruits until they got to Atotonilco to rest, where Hidalgo adopted a banned of the Virgin of Guadalupe as an emblem. San Miguel was taken by the rebels with ease, but the taking of the city resulted in a riot in part of the rebels, w

  • September 28, 1810 - Guanajuato and the Alhodinga de Granaditas

    September 28, 1810 - Guanajuato and the Alhodinga de Granaditas
    The rebels moved on to Guanajuato and Hidalgo asked the intendant, Juan Antonio de RIaño, to surrender the city. He refused, locking up the spanish population inside of the Alhondiga de Granaditas for their protection. As the fight went on, the rebels, and the new additions to their rudimentary army; the miners of the city of Guanajuato, managed to enter the Alhondiga. A famous figure who has arisen from the event is el Pipila, who has been partially made into a legend.

  • October 30, 1810 - Missed Oportunities

    October 30, 1810 - Missed Oportunities
    An army of eighty thousand marched to Mexico City at Monte de las Cruces. By sheer number the rebels defeated the army defending the city and drove them back. Hidalgo refused to take further action, fearing another revolt, and missed the opportunity to end the independence war swiftly. As a result, the fight for independence would drag on another eleven years.

  • January 1811 - Retreating and Regrouping

    January 1811 - Retreating and Regrouping
    Royalist troops catch up to the rebel armies. Although outnumbered, the troops, lead by Felix Calleja were well commanded and, in the midst of the battle, Hidalgo’s troops found themselves in the middle of a fire after an artillery shot hit one of the rebels’ ammunition wagons.The forces of Hidalgo and Allende headed north in an attempt to regroup.

  • July 31, 1811 - Ambush and Death

    July 31, 1811 - Ambush and Death
    Back in March, near Monclova, Coahuila, Hidalgo, Allende and their troops were ambushed by Manuel Salcedo, Governor of texas, who turned them in. The non-clerical leaders were then marched to Chihuahua in chains and executed. Hidalgo, being a priest, had to be subjected to a trial under the Holy Office of the Inquisition. Tried for heresy & treason, he was defrocked and executed. Killed by firing squad, Hidalgo’s corpse was later decapitated, his head displayed before the citizens of Guanajuato.
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    Consolidation

  • November 1815

    November 1815
    Morelos is captured by enemy detachments and is escorted to Mexico City, tried for treason and executed by a firing squad after being shorn of his religious vestments.
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    Resistance

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    Consumation

  • February 24, 1821 - Plan de Iguala

    February 24, 1821 - Plan de Iguala
    Guerrero and Iturbide issued the Plan de Iguala, which attracted spanish support by considering aspects such as Catholicism.The proposal was to Iturbide's advantage, given that he could play the cards in his favor for he could be named the Emperor if any royals from Spain refused to take the crown.

  • September 1821 - Iturbide's Triumphant Entry [Consumation]

    September 1821 - Iturbide's Triumphant Entry [Consumation]
    Iturbide strides into Mexico City in an exultant spectacle. He is handed the golden keys to the city, which he used to open the Great Cathedral in the Central Plaza.