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After the Mexican American War, the Mexican Civil War, and the and the Reform Wars; the Mexicans were left in debt. Then the king of Mexico, Benito Juarez, suspended all payment to foreign countries. Then France, Britain, and Spain went over to Mexico. Britain and Spain negotiated with Mexico, but king Napoleon III of France decided to use the opportunity to gain more land.
a well-armed French fleet stormed Veracruz, landing a large French force and driving President Juárez and his government into retreat. The French army encountered heavy resistance from the Mexicans near Puebla, at the Mexican forts of Loreto and Guadalupe. The 8,000-strong French army attacked the much more poorly equipped Mexican army of 4,000. Yet, on May 5, 1862, the Mexicans managed to decisively crush the French army.
Criollos were involved in a planned revolt against the Spanish colonial government, when plotters were betrayed. Fearing his arrest, Hidalgo commanded his brother Mauricio, as well as Ignacio Allende and Mariano Abasolo to go with a number of other armed men to make the sheriff release the pro-independence inmates there on the night of April 15. They managed to set eighty people free. At about 6:00 AM in the morning on September 16, 1810, Hidalgo ordered the church bells to be rung, then gathered his congregation. Flanked by Allende and Juan Aldama, he addressed the people in front of his church, encouraging them to revolt against the Spanish colonial government.
Just after
Independence from Spain
Hidalo declared independence from Spain
which started Grito de Dolores
,
Crillos were involved in a planned revolt against the Spanish colonial government, when several plotters were betrayed. Fearing his arrest, Hidalgo commanded some friends and family to go with a number of other armed men to make the sheriff release the pro-independence inmates there on the night of 15 April. They managed to set eighty people free. Around 6:00 AM in the morning on September 16, 1810, Hidalgo ordered the church bells to be rung. Flanked by Allende and Juan Aldama, he addressed the people in front of his church, encouraging them to revolt.