The Bourbon reforms

The Bourbon reforms was the series of military ecclesiastical economic policy changes implemented by the Bourbons

What was life in Nueva España?

In Nueva España had profound inequalities. The society of that time was deeply divided by the privileges of the various groups that made ​​up:
The PENINSULARES ie those born in Spain, they migrated to these lands and occupied important positions in the government

Known as the "father of the nation"

Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla also known as THE FATHER OF THE NATION
He and his followers began the fight to make New Spain became independent from Spain

The morning of September 16, 1810

In this battle involving peasants artisans and indigenous workers in haciendas mines Creole slaves and mestizos

Independence of Mexico

"The pardon is for criminals
Not for the defenders of the fatherland "

 

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811) Jesuit priest and Mexican-independence leader