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This major European leader invaded Spain in 1808, sparking the Mexican independence movement
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
The Father of Mexican Independence who issued the "Grito de Dolores" on September 16, 1810.
Who was Father Miguel Hidalgo?
The month and year in which Mexico officially won its independence with the Treaty of Córdoba.
What is September 1821?
The three guarantees established in the Plan de Iguala in 1821.
What are Religion, Independence, and Union?
The group at the very top of New Spain’s social pyramid because they were born on the Iberian Peninsula.
Who were the Peninsulares?
This external historical event directly destabilized Spanish rule in New Spain in 1808.
What was Napoleon’s invasion of Spain?
He led organized military campaigns from 1811 to 1815 and authored the document Sentimientos de la Nación.
Who was José María Morelos?
The famous call to arms issued on September 16, 1810, that launched the rebellion.
What was the Grito de Dolores?
The document authored by José María Morelos that outlined key reform principles for the new nation.
What was Sentimientos de la Nación?
Criollos were dissatisfied with Peninsulares mainly because they were denied access to high positions in this.
What is political office / government / power?
This social group born in Spain held top political power in New Spain, angering the American-born Criollos.
Who were the Peninsulares?
This insurgent leader kept the movement alive through guerrilla warfare in the mountains between 1815 and 1820.
Who was Vicente Guerrero?
Between 1815 and 1820, fighting in New Spain mostly took this form in the remote mountains.
What was guerrilla warfare?
The 1821 plan that united former enemies (Royalists and Insurgents) under three key promises.
What was the Plan de Iguala?
The year the Mexican Independence movement officially started with Father Hidalgo's uprising.
What is 1810?
American-born Spaniards who resented the special privileges given to Peninsulares were known as this.
Who were the Criollos?
The Royalist general who joined forces with Guerrero to form the Army of the Three Guarantees.
Who was Agustín de Iturbide?
This period from 1811 to 1815 was characterized by organized military campaigns led by José María Morelos.
What was the second phase of the independence movement?
he military force created in 1821 to protect the three guarantees of Religion, Independence, and Union.
What was the Army of the Three Guarantees (Ejército Trigarante)?
The year the Mexican War of Independence officially ended.
What is 1821?
The rigid social and racial hierarchy of New Spain that fueled social discontent was called this.
What was the Caste System (or Social Hierarchy)?
The Mexican leader who helped draft the Plan de Iguala in 1821 alongside Vicente Guerrero.
Who was Agustín de Iturbide (or Vicente Guerrero)?
The treaty signed in September 1821 that officially recognized Mexican independence from Spain.
What was the Treaty of Córdoba?
The agreement signed between Agustín de Iturbide and Juan O'Donojú that sealed Mexican independence.
What was the Treaty of Córdoba?
The total duration in years of the Mexican War of Independence.
What is 11 years (1810–1821)?
This 1821 plan successfully united both conservative royalists and liberal insurgents under a shared vision for an independent Mexico.
What was the Plan de Iguala?