Peninsulares: Colonial Government Of New Spain
The Spanish born people were called Peninsulares, they held the most powerful positions in the government and church, dominated the colonial government of New Spain (L. Muñoz, Daniel). The upper class never desired to involve the native indians and mestizos in the government or in local control moves (L. Muñoz, Daniel) .
Viceroy Jose de Iturrigaray tried to form a junta with the Creole because he thought that would make him king of an independent Mexico. The Peninsulares found out about this in 1808. They attacked the palace and arrested Jose de Iturrigaray and tried to replace him with Pedro Garibay. They made an act of retaliation against the Criollos they thought were disloyal. There were many economical and political instability in Europe …show more content…
that was still going on, also much unrest in America.
Most leader were executed and also sent to prison by people who were on Spain's side.
This was all in 1810 where the independence plan and movement went through different series of events and stages. At first, the sovereignty of Ferdinand VII in Spain and its colonies were recognized until the leaders decided to take new radical positions. They thought about social order as the abolition of Slavery.
The priest Jose Morelos wanted to form the Congress of Chilpancingo, so he called the separatist provinces. There was an event called the ¨Grito de Dolores¨ which came from a small town of Dolores that was near Guanajuato, a town in Mexico. This event occurred in September 15, 1810, it is considered the start of the Independence of Mexico. This was mainly led by Costilla, a Roman Catholic priest and Miguel Hidalgo.
A while after the defeat of Morelos, there was a movement that was later named as a guerilla war, Its leader called Vicente Guerrero. In the year 1820, some of the rebel groups survived mostly in Veracruz and some in the Sierra Madre del Sur.
There was a mind change for the elite groups who supported the Spanish in 1820. This was caused by the liberal Constitution of Cadiz. Monarchist Creoles sought an alliance with the insurgent resistant and later supported New Spain's
independence.
The military arm of the conspirators was led by Agustin de Iturbide, which met Vicente Guerrero during the 1821. They both followed a plan that called for the union of all factions. This was the Plan of iguala, which was also supported by the clergy and aristocracy of New Spain. They called for monarchy later on in an independent Mexico. On September 27th, 1821, the independence of Mexico was achieved.
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest, launches the Mexican War of Independence with the issuing of his Grito de Dolores. The revolutionary tract, so-named because it was publicly read by Hidalgo in the town of Dolores, called for the end of 300 years of Spanish rule in Mexico, redistribution of land, and racial equality. Thousands of Indians and mestizos flocked to Hidalgo’s banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and soon the peasant army was on the march to Mexico City.
Viceroy Jose de Iturrigaray tried to form a junta with the Creole because he thought that would make him king of an independent Mexico. The Peninsulares found out about this in 1808. They attacked the palace and arrested Jose de Iturrigaray and tried to replace him with Pedro Garibay. They made an act of retaliation against the Criollos they thought were disloyal. There were many economical and political instability in Europe …show more content…
that was still going on, also much unrest in America.
Most leader were executed and also sent to prison by people who were on Spain's side.
This was all in 1810 where the independence plan and movement went through different series of events and stages. At first, the sovereignty of Ferdinand VII in Spain and its colonies were recognized until the leaders decided to take new radical positions. They thought about social order as the abolition of Slavery.
The priest Jose Morelos wanted to form the Congress of Chilpancingo, so he called the separatist provinces. There was an event called the ¨Grito de Dolores¨ which came from a small town of Dolores that was near Guanajuato, a town in Mexico. This event occurred in September 15, 1810, it is considered the start of the Independence of Mexico. This was mainly led by Costilla, a Roman Catholic priest and Miguel Hidalgo.
A while after the defeat of Morelos, there was a movement that was later named as a guerilla war, Its leader called Vicente Guerrero. In the year 1820, some of the rebel groups survived mostly in Veracruz and some in the Sierra Madre del Sur.
There was a mind change for the elite groups who supported the Spanish in 1820. This was caused by the liberal Constitution of Cadiz. Monarchist Creoles sought an alliance with the insurgent resistant and later supported New Spain's
independence.
The military arm of the conspirators was led by Agustin de Iturbide, which met Vicente Guerrero during the 1821. They both followed a plan that called for the union of all factions. This was the Plan of iguala, which was also supported by the clergy and aristocracy of New Spain. They called for monarchy later on in an independent Mexico. On September 27th, 1821, the independence of Mexico was achieved.
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest, launches the Mexican War of Independence with the issuing of his Grito de Dolores. The revolutionary tract, so-named because it was publicly read by Hidalgo in the town of Dolores, called for the end of 300 years of Spanish rule in Mexico, redistribution of land, and racial equality. Thousands of Indians and mestizos flocked to Hidalgo’s banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and soon the peasant army was on the march to Mexico City.