In South America, Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin lead multiple nations to freedom. In Mexico, their attempt to revolt failed and is made into an independent nation by the man that stops the revolt.
Revolutionary leaders Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin led independence movements across South America. Inspired by their efforts, other revolutions flared up across the region, and neither Spain or Portugal could hold onto their empires in the Americas. By 1831, a dozen nations had declared their independence.
In Mexico, creole priest Father Miguel Hidalgo, made first public call for Mexican independence. He had history of challenging authority, eventually met creoles who wanted to take power from peninsulares, helped plan rebellion. He was captured and executed. But eventually he too was captured. The Spanish authorities found him guilty of treason and executed him.
After death of Hidalgo, another creole priest, Jose Maria Morelos, became leader of revolutionary movement. He organized Mexican congress, representatives from many places wanted all people born in Mexico, whether Indian, mixed or creole, to be called Americans.
Not all creoles in Mexico wanted independence from Spain. Some remained royalists, people who were loyal to the Spanish king. One of these creole royalists was a military officer named Agustín de Iturbide.
Iturbide wanted to create an independent monarchy, give creoles and peninsulares equal rights, make the Roman Catholic Church the official church of Mexico.
For further reading, see links below:
www.pburgsd.net (Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation)
mrlewishistorybsa.weebly.com - Independence in Latin American