INDEPENDENCE ERA
This priest initiated the Mexican War of Independence with the “Grito de Dolores” in 1810.
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
This Spanish conquistador led the expedition that resulted in the fall of Tenochtitlan in 1521.
Hernán Cortés
This leader called for rebellion against Porfirio Díaz.
Francisco I. Madero
This article establishes that education in Mexico must be free, secular, and compulsory.
Article 3
The Mexican Revolution began in this year with the Plan de San Luis.
1910
After Hidalgo’s death, this priest continued leading the independence movement and organized the Congress of Chilpancingo.
José María Morelos
The last Mexica emperor who defended Tenochtitlan against the Spanish was this leader.
Cuauhtémoc
Known as “El Centauro del Norte,” this revolutionary general led the División del Norte.
Pancho Villa
This article abolished slavery in Mexico.
Article 1
Mexico officially achieved independence from Spain in this year.
1821
This military leader switched sides and helped secure independence in 1821 with the Plan of Iguala.
Agustín de Iturbide
This Mexica emperor welcomed Cortés into Tenochtitlan in 1519.
Moctezuma II
This southern revolutionary leader fought for land reform under the slogan “Tierra y Libertad.”
Emiliano Zapata
This article regulates workers’ rights, including minimum wage and the right to strike.
123
The Constitution that still governs Mexico today was promulgated in this year.
1917
This woman is known as “La Corregidora” and warned insurgents that the conspiracy had been discovered.
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
This Indigenous woman served as translator and advisor to Cortés during the conquest.
La Malinche
This long-time president ruled Mexico for over 30 years before the Revolution began.
Porfirio Díaz
This article establishes national ownership of land and natural resources, including oil and minerals.
Article 27
What happen in October, 1 2024 that made history in Mexico's history?
Fist woman president: Claudia Sheinbaum
This president led Mexico during the Reform War and resisted the French Intervention.
Benito Juárez
What event happened in 1520?
La Noche Triste
This 1910 political document that called for the nullification of the presidential election and urged Mexicans to rise up in arms on November 20, 1910
What is the Plan of San Luis (Plan de San Luis Potosí)?
These three landmark articles of the 1917 Constitution addressed secular education, national ownership of land and subsoil resources, and labor rights—fundamentally reshaping Church-State relations and Mexico’s economic structure after the Revolution.
What are Articles 3, 27, and 123 of the Mexican Constitution of 1917?
In what year did this fugitive scape and stablished himself as Mexico´s biggest drug dealer and number one fugitive in the world?
2001