FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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There would be better economic opportunities for Mexico as its own country
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Spanish rule was not respecting the rights of the people of Mexico so therefore shouldn’t rule over them
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Spain was taxing the Mexican people too much
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Citizens should be able to overthrow their government without justification
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Detailed explanation-1: -Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest who is celebrated as “the father of Mexican independence” for his role in the War of Independence that ended Spanish colonial rule in Mexico.
Detailed explanation-2: -In response, Mexican conservatives called for independence as a means of maintaining their privileged position in Mexican society. In early 1821, Agustín de Iturbide, the leader of the Royalist forces, negotiated the Plan of Iguala with Vicente Guerrero.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Grito de Dolores ("Cry of/from Dolores") was the battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence, uttered on September 16, 1810, by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Roman Catholic priest from the small town of Dolores, near Guanajuato, Mexico.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Cry of Dolores (Spanish: Grito de Dolores) occurred in Dolores, Mexico, on 16 September 1810, when Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church bell and gave the call to arms that triggered the Mexican War of Independence.