On September 16th everyone of Mexican decent celebrates our Independence from Spain.
The War of Independence led by the Mexican-born Spaniards became a reality. The movement for independence was far from gaining unanimous support among Mexicans, who became divided between independentists, autonomists and royalists.
On the dawn of 16 September, the revolutionary army decided to strike for independence and marched on to Guanajuato, a major colonial mining centre governed by Spaniards and criollos, here the leading citizens barricaded themselves in the granary. The rebel army captured the granary on 28 September, and most of the Spaniards and criollos were massacred or exiled.
VIVA LA RAZA!
The War of Independence led by the Mexican-born Spaniards became a reality. The movement for independence was far from gaining unanimous support among Mexicans, who became divided between independentists, autonomists and royalists.
On the dawn of 16 September, the revolutionary army decided to strike for independence and marched on to Guanajuato, a major colonial mining centre governed by Spaniards and criollos, here the leading citizens barricaded themselves in the granary. The rebel army captured the granary on 28 September, and most of the Spaniards and criollos were massacred or exiled.
VIVA LA RAZA!