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Velasquez designated Cortes as the Captain General of the expedition to Mexico. Cortes took eleven ships, six-hundred-and-eight men, and sixteen horses with him.
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Hernan Cortez begins the three-year-long Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire
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The conquest was victorious when an army of Spanish forces led by Hernán Cortés captured the emperor Cuauhtemoc and the capital of the Aztac Empire, Tenochtitlan.
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Three-hundred-years of Spanish rule over Mexico.
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The Mexican Catholic priest who became the father of the Mexican War for Independence was born.
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Complaints started in Mexico over the Crown's Monopoly on products ranging from tobacco to salt. They did not let the profits go to the local citizens.
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America's independence helped start the support for Mexican independence
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The French Revolution helped start the support for Mexican Independence.
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Set of economic and political legislation introduced by the Spanish Crown to stimulate manufacturing and technology. The reforms caused higher taxes and gave the military more power. The reforms re-established Spainish supremacy over the colonies.
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Hidalgo starts the Mexican Independence movement with this speech.
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The Mexican War of Independence was a conflict between the people of Mexico and the Spanish colonial authorities. The civilians of Mexico felt that the Spanish treatment of the indigenous people and the people born in Mexico was unfair so they fought for independence.
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Important battle won by Hidalgo and the Mexican rebels
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Hidalgo and nearly 90,000 farmers and Mexican civilians fought against 6,000 well-trained Spanish forces. Most fled or were killed during the battle.
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Hidalgo was captured in Mexico City while attempting to flee. He was then put to death by firing squad.
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After elven years of war, Spanish Viceroy Juan de O’Donojú signs the Treaty of Córdoba which gave Mexico independence.
