Mexico and Central America Revolt

Mexico and Central America Revolt

• The slave revolt in Haiti frightened creoles in Spanish America

• They wanted power but had no desire for social or economic changes that would threaten their way of life.

• In 1810 a creole priest in Mexico, Father Miguel Hidalgo raised his voice for freedom

Father Hidalgo Cries Out for Freedom

• Father Hidalgo presided over the poor rural parish of Dolores

• He appealed to the people, by asking them will they be free?

• Father Hidalgo speech became known as "el Grito de Dolores" meaning "the cry of Dolores"

• It called for Mexicans to firght for independence.

Father Hidalgo

• Father Hidalgo's army consisted of poor mestizos and Native Americans

• At first some creoles supported the revolt.

• But they rejected the caused when he made a plea to end slavery and make conditions better for Native Americans

• The rebels had some early successes but they faced growing opposition.

• Less than a year later Father Hidalgo was captured and executed

Father Jose' Morelos

• Father Morelos picked up the banner of revolution.

• He called for wide-ranging social and political reform

• He wanted to improve conditions for the majority of Mexicans, abolish slavery, and give the vote to all men.

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Mexico Wins Independence

• In 1820 liberals forced the king of Spain to issue a constitution

• This move alarmed Agustin de Iturbide a conservative creole.

• Iturbide had been fighting the Mexican revolutionaries for years.

• In 1821 he reached out to the Revolutionaries and in that year Mexico became independent.