Father Miguel Hidalgo- led movement for Mexican Independence from Spain Simon Bolivar- led independence movements in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna- powerful caudillo who ruled Mexico from Benito Juarez- Mexican National Hero of the working class, brought liberal reforms to Mexico Porfirio Diaz- Conservative, centralist dictator who ruled from , working class opposed to him Emiliano Zapata- demanded agrarian reform and power for the landless peasants
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Benito Juarez Emiliano Zapata
Approved by President James Monroe in 1823 Guaranteed independence for new Latin American Nations Warned against ANY European intervention in the Americas