Leaders of the Mexican War of Independence
The one who started it all was Father Miguel Hidalgo who was in command of a mob of Mexicans heading towards Mexico. He rallied many of them from a big speach at church. He later died. Next was Jose Maria Morelos who was in charge of gathering armies for Miguel’s rebellion against the Spanish crown. Jose called the first congress of free estates in 1813 which would be the Mexican Declaration of Independence but sadly no. In 1815 Jose was captured by the Spanish and executed. Due to Jose’s death Vicente Guerrero was left to continue for independence. He was born on August 1782 and worked as a gunsmith when the revolution began. He joined in 1810 and showed how good he was in the battle of Izucar. Guerrero kept the rebellion alive by winning battles in many places. He refused to surrender to Apodaca and they sent an army after him but, Guerrero had good experience and outsmarted them.