Mexican War Of Independence Or Guerra De Independencia De Mexico

Wars have been occurring since the dawn of time. Wars are states of armed conflict between societies that bring death, destruction, merciless slaughter and butchery, and starvation, poverty, ruin and disease in its wake. Apart from casualties during wars, a significant cause of death during most wars is disease. A clear example of this is the Mexican War of Independence. It was much more difficult to prevent deaths from tuberculosis during this war because of lack of knowledge of the disease, a vaccine and medication to treat the disease. The Mexican War of Independence or Guerra de Independencia de México was an armed conflict, and the peak of a social and political process which ended the rule of Spain in the territory of New Spain in 1821. The war had its predecessor in the French invasion of Spain in 1808. Mexican Independence Day is celebrated on September 16th. The movement for independence was influenced by the Age of Enlightenment and the liberal revolutions of the last part of the 18th century. By that period the educated elite of New Spain had begun to reflect on the relations between Spain and its multiple colonial kingdoms. Changes in the social and political structure occasioned by Bourbon reforms and a deep economic crisis in New Spain caused discomfort among the
Monarchist Creoles affected by the constitution decided to support the independence of New Spain; they sought a union with the former insurgent resistance. Agustín de Iturbide led the military arm of the conspirators and in early 1821 he met with Vicente Guerrero, together they proclaimed the Plan of Iguala. This plan called for the union of all insurgent factions and was supported by both the aristocracy and clergy of New Spain. It asked for monarchy in an independent Mexico. The independence of Mexico was finally achieved on September 27,