FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Mexican citizens realized they had no real chance at winning their freedom from Spain.
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Mexican citizens rallied behind the speech and were determined to fight harder.
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Mexican citizens fought back against Father Hidalgo after his speech.
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Mexican citizens realized they needed peace with Spain and created a peace treaty
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Detailed explanation-1: -On September 16, 1810-the date now celebrated as Mexican Independence Day-Hidalgo issued the “Grito de Dolores” (“Cry of Dolores”), calling for the end of Spanish rule, for racial equality, and for redistribution of land. The speech effectively launched the Mexican War of Independence (1810–21).
Detailed explanation-2: -Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla is generally regarded as the “Father of Mexican Independence.” He was born in a rural area of Guanajuato where his father managed a hacienda. He was an excellent student in both theology and philosophy at the then Colegio de San Nicolás Obispo in present-day Morelia.
Detailed explanation-3: -The War of Independence cost Mexico a great deal. After gaining independence in 1821, the country was left in a poor state. Agricultural, mining and industrial production had fallen during the war, and over half a million Mexicans had died. As a new country, Mexico was struggling internally to achieve nationhood.
Detailed explanation-4: -Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a Mexican Catholic priest. On September 16, 1810, Father Hidalgo rang the church bell from his parish in Dolores to announce an uprising against Spanish rule. His makeshift army captured major cities before he suffered a major defeat outside Guadalajara.
Detailed explanation-5: -The war had a huge impact on the development of Texas. When Mexico gained independence, they wrote and approved of the Constitution of 1824. The creation of a federal democratic government was the reason many Americans decided to move to Texas as colonists.