insurgent forces of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

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The insurgent forces of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla were the largely irregular, popular army that launched and led the early phase of Mexico’s War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule in 1810.

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instanceOf irregular military unit
military force
rebel army
characteristic irregular organization
largely untrained
poorly armed
popular mass army
commander Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
conflict Mexican War of Independence
country Viceroyalty of New Spain
dissolvedAfter capture and execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811
goal independence of Mexico from Spain
hasPart defecting colonial soldiers
indigenous fighters
mestizo fighters
miners from Guanajuato
peasant militias
urban artisans
ideology Mexican independence
leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
location Bajío region of New Spain
Dolores (Dolores Hidalgo)
linked to: Dolores Hidalgo

Guanajuato
Michoacán
New Spain
Querétaro
State of Mexico
Valladolid (Morelia)
motto Muera el mal gobierno
Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe
notableBattle Battle of Aculco
Battle of Monte de las Cruces
Battle of Puente de Calderón
Siege of Guanajuato
notableCommander Ignacio Allende
Juan Aldama
Mariano Abasolo
opposedTo Spanish colonial rule in New Spain
royalist forces of New Spain
partOf Mexican War of Independence
religion Roman Catholicism
socialBase indigenous communities
rural lower classes
small landholders
urban plebeian sectors
startTime 16 September 1810
1810
strength tens of thousands of fighters
usedSymbol banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe

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