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  2. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla - Wikipedia

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    Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor [4] (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel iˈðalɣo]), was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence, and is recognized as the Father of the Nation.

  3. Cry of Dolores - Wikipedia

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    The Cry of Dolores [n 1] (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. The Cry of Dolores is most commonly known by the locals as "El Grito de Independencia" (The ...

  4. Battle of Monte de las Cruces - Wikipedia

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    The battle marks the end of the first offensive in the Mexican War of Independence, which began with the Grito de Dolores.Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was the parish priest of Dolores, Guanajuato, involved with one of a number of conspiracies against the colonial government in the early 19th century.

  5. Mexican War of Independence - Wikipedia

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    The conflict had several phases. The first uprising for independence was led by parish priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, who issued the Cry of Dolores on 16 September 1810. The revolt was massive and not well organized. Hidalgo was captured by royalist forces, defrocked from the priesthood, and executed in July 1811.

  6. Juan Bautista de las Casas - Wikipedia

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    The Mexican War of Independence was launched on September 16, 1810, by Father Miguel Hidalgo, who believed that only people born in New Spain knew what was best for the area. [1] His goal was to inflame the northernmost provinces, especially Spanish Texas, in the hopes that his cause might win the support of the United States. [2]

  7. Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition - Wikipedia

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    In 1810, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla began a revolt against the Royalist Spanish in Mexico, which would initiate the Mexican War of Independence. Likewise, in 1811, Juan Bautista de las Casas led a revolt against Spain at San Antonio, capturing the Spanish governor. [1]

  8. Afro-Mexicans in the Mexican War of Independence - Wikipedia

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    The initial movement for independence was led by the American-born Spaniard priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in central Mexico. White Mexicans quickly abandoned the movement for independence which had become more of a social revolution, with Indians, Blacks, mixed-race castas, and other plebeians seeking social equality.

  9. Battle of Lomas de Santa María - Wikipedia

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    Mariano Matamoros, who commanded the third assault on Valladolid on 23 December.. After the declaration of Mexican independence triggered war with the Spanish royalists, the priest of Carácuaro, José María Morelos y Pavón met with rebel leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla on 20 October 1810 at Charo, Michoacán de Ocampo where he was commissioned to fight against the Spanish colonial ...