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=Identify when Mexico became an independent nation and describe how independence was achieved. =

For more on Mexican Independence, see World Geography SAM.4


 * Mexican Independence is celebrated on on September 16
 * On that date in 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla called for the Mexican people to rebel against the Spanish government
 * Called the "Grito de Dolores"
 * Hidalgo lead an army to Mexico City but was captured and killed before he made it there
 * Other revolutionaries raised armies and fought for 11 years[[image:Miguel_Hidalgo_y_Costilla.png width="348" height="486" align="right" caption="Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, father of Mexican Independence "]]
 * The [|Treaty of Córdoba in 1821] made Mexico a constitutional monarchy
 * Agustín de Iturbide was its leader
 * 18 months later, Antonio López de Santa Anna and Guadalupe Victoria took over the government
 * Established the Mexican Republic
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