1. Mexican Independence

2. Mexican Independence
How do events in Mexico compare and contrast with those of the American and French Revolutions?

3. Mexican Independence Mexico Part of New Spain Under viceroy
Agricultural importance
Richest of Spain’s colonies

4. Mexican Independence Mexican Society Peninsulares Creoles Mestizos
Indians

5. Mexican Independence Mexican Grievances with Spain
Ineffective colonial government
Crown raised taxes, demanded loans
Growing sense of Mexicanidad

6. Mexican Independence Creole Aspirations
Desired Mexican autonomy after abdication of Ferdinand VII (1808)
Called for creation of junta under viceroy
Peninsulares outraged, seized control of government
Literary and Social Group of Querétaro planned to proclaim independence December 8, 1810

7. Mexican Independence Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811)
Creole priest
“Unorthodox”
Defender of downtrodden, Indians
Member of LSCQ

8. Mexican Independence The Rebellion Begins
“Grito de Dolores” (9/16/1810)  insurgent army
Violence  alliance between creoles and peninsulares
Royalist forces defeated rebels (January 1811)
Hidalgo captured (March 1811)

9. Mexican Independence The Fighting Continued
José María Morelos emerged as rebel leader (1812)
Ferdinand VII restored to power (May 1814)
More troops sent to Mexico  repression
Morelos ( )

10. Mexican Independence Attaining Independence
Agustín de Iturbide joined forces with insurgents
PLAN DE IGUALA (February 24, 1821)
Independence
Equality for peninsulares and creoles
Roman Catholicism
Defeated Spanish  independence (9/27/1821)

11. Mexican Independence
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12. Mexican Independence
How do events in Mexico compare and contrast with those of the American and French Revolutions?