In fact, his opposition was targeted to Spain and its viceroy in Mexico: that is, not against the monarchy in general but against "bad government". Many believe that Hidalgo's Grito condemned the notion of monarchy and criticized the current social order in detail. When he asked, 'Will you be slaves of Napoleon or will you as patriots defend your religion, your hearths, and your rights?' there was a unanimous cry, 'We will defend to the utmost! Long live religion, long live our most holy mother of Guadalupe! Long live America! Death to bad government, and death to the Gachupines!' told them that the time for action on their part had now come. Cloud divides the sentiments above between Hidalgo and the crowd: Will you defend your religion and your rights as true patriots? Long live Our Lady of Guadalupe! Death to bad government! Death to the Gachupines!' Will you receive it? Will you free yourselves? Will you recover the lands stolen three hundred years ago from your forefathers by the hated Spaniards? We must act at once. 'My children: a new dispensation comes to us today. "The exact words of this most famous of all Mexican speeches are not known, or, rather, they are reproduced in almost as many variations as there are historians to reproduce them." Scholars have not been able to reach a consensus on the exact words Miguel Hidalgo said at the time. However, Hidalgo is credited as being the "father of his country". Independence was achieved by the Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire 11 years and 12 days later, on 28 September 1821. Gutiérrez de Lara commanded and led Mexico to victory. Mexico's independence from Spain took a decade of war. The liberated country adopted Mexico as its official name. His speech became known as the "Cry of Dolores". Flanked by Ignacio Allende and Juan Aldama, he addressed the people in front of his church, urging them to revolt. Around 2:30 a.m., Hidalgo ordered the church bells to be rung and gathered his congregation. Mauricio and armed men set 80 inmates free in the early morning hours of 16 September 1810. However, fearing arrest, Hidalgo told his brother Mauricio to make the sheriff free the pro-independence inmates there. Hidalgo remained in Dolores, waiting for Gutiérrez de Lara to return with military support. for military support (being the first Mexican to do so). Gutiérrez de Lara went to Washington, D.C. The independence movement began to take shape when José Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara went to the small town of Dolores (now known as Dolores Hidalgo) and asked the local Roman Catholic priest, Miguel Hidalgo, to help initiate an effort to free New Spain from Spanish control. In the 1810s, what would become Mexico was still New Spain, part of the Spanish crown. Image extracted from the book by Vicente Riva Palacio, Julio Zárate (1880) "México a través de los siglos" Tomo III: "La Guerra de Independencia" (1808–1821). During the patriotic speech, the president calls out the names of the fallen heroes who died during the War of Independence and he ends the speech by shouting Viva Mexico! three times followed by the Mexican National Anthem. The Cry of Dolores is most commonly known by the locals as "El Grito de Independencia" (The Independence Cry).Įvery year on the eve of Independence Day, the President of Mexico re-enacts the cry from the balcony of the National Palace in Mexico City, while ringing the same bell Hidalgo used in 1810. The Cry of Dolores (Spanish: Grito de Dolores) occurred in Dolores, Mexico, on 16 September 1810, when Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church bell and gave the call to arms that triggered the Mexican War of Independence. A statue of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in front of the church in Dolores Hidalgo, GuanajuatoĬommemorates the start of the Mexican War of Independence, by repeating the words of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in the early morning of 16 September 1810
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