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First declaration of Independence issued by Miguel de Hidalgo
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Guanajuato was a major mining center for the Spanish. The citizens barricaded themselves in the granary and were defeated and massacred by the rebel army.
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Hidalgo's forces are now split, from Allende refusing to fight with him, but are still able to achieve victory over the Spanish.
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Larged heavily armed Spanish defeat Hidalgo's rebel forces
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Spanish deafeated rebels forcing them towards the U.S.-Mexican border. Army intercepted and Hidalgo captured.
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Killed by firing squad, Jose Morelos takes over the revolution
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The forces of Jose Morelos, the leader of the Mexican
independence movement, was besieged by a Spanish army led by Felix Calleja. Morelas broke through the siege on May 2, and continued his campaign by taking the towns of Oaxaca and Acapulco. -
Jose Morelos issues a formal declaration of independence.
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Mexico officially free from Spanish rule after over a decade of bloody battles and exhausting conflict.
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Augustin Iturbide names himself Emperor Augustin I. Mexico under the control of a single, all powerful ruler once again.
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General Santa Anna leads the Plan de Casa Mata, overthrows Iturbide
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Military leader Guadalupe Victoria elected president. Mexico, after many long years of fighting and bloodshed, has finally become a nation with a government by the people, for the people.
