early battles of Monte de las Cruces, Aculco, Guanajuato, and Puente de Calderon underscored the superiority of good weaponry, military training, and disciplined fire power to overcome the poorly armed and inexperienced insurgent fighters.Keywords:nineteenth century;Central America;rebellion;revolution;war...
early battles of Monte de las Cruces, Aculco, Guanajuato, and Puente de Calderon underscored the superiority of good weaponry, military training, and disciplined fire power to overcome the poorly armed and inexperienced insurgent fighters.Keywords:nineteenth century;Central America;rebellion;revolution;war...
Under the influence of the Great October Socialist Revolution in Russia, the Mexican people intensified their struggle to implement the changes provided for in the 1917 constitution, the peasants’ and workers’ movement was strengthened, and the working classes began to unite and organize. The Regio...
Independence or Social Revolution? -Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (a priest from Dolores) gave “El Grito” on a Sunday on September 16, 1810 this was a call for the oppressed people of Mexico to rise against their Spanish rulers. In less than two weeks the insurgent leaders had assembl...
The Texas Revolution or TexasWar of Independencewas a military conflict between Mexico and settlers in the Texas portionoftheMexicanstate Coahuila y Tejas. De Texaanse Revolutie (Engels: Texas Revolution) of de TexaanseOnafhankelijkheidsoorlog(Spaans: Guerra de independencia tejana) was een militair...
Bank of Mexico unveiled its Commemorative Banknotes. The 100-peso denomination bill commemorates the centennial of the Beginning of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). The 200-peso denomination bill commemorates the bicentennial of the start of the Mexican War for Independence which began in 1810. ...
1.(Placename) a republic in North America, on the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific: early Mexican history includes the Maya, Toltec, and Aztec civilizations; conquered by the Spanish between 1519 and 1525 and achieved independence in 1821; lost Texas to the US in 1836 and California and New...
The Revolution of 1910 and its collapse amazed the entire western world. The main direct cause of the revolt was due to Diaz’s monopoly of political power. Two major strikes in Mexico, one against the Cananea Copper Company in Sonora and the second at the Rio Blanco textile mills in Verac...
The invasion led to unrest and a push for revolution amongst the indigenous populations of the Spanish colonies. On September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla urged Mexicans to declare war against Spain. Hidalgo, a Catholic priest, led a militia comprised of mestizos and indigenous peoples ...
In 1810, Mexican priest Miguel Hidalgo led the Mexican War of Independence against the Spanish colonial authorities. Hidalgo was captured and died in a firing squad. The group also suffered in scarcity of money that they had to mint fake coins to finance the revolution. In the following years...