HIST174 – History of Mexico
Independence
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I. Preludes to Independence

- Bourbon reforms
- creoles vs. gachupines/peninsulares
- royalists vs. liberals
- 1808, Joseph Bonaparte put on Spanish throne, unseats Bourbons
- 1812, Central Junta approves Liberal constitution

II. The Fathers of Mexican Independence

A. Miguel Hidalgo (Guanajuato), 1810-1811

Grito de Dolores, Sept. 16, 1810
Virgen de Guadalupe

B. José María Morelos (Guerrero), 1811-1815

C. Guadalupe Victoria (Puebla/Veracruz) and Vicente Guerrero (Oaxaca), 1815-1821

D. Agustín de Iturbide, 1821

Riego Revolt, 1820
Plan de Iguala, Feb. 1821
Independence, Sept. 1821