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Wikipedia Trail, Week 6

Wikipedia Trail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo

  • Signed February 2, 1848
  • property rights of Mexican citizens not honored


 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_War_of_Independence: 

  • Ended the rule of Spain in 1821 
  • September 16 is celebrated as Mexican Independence Day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_of_Dolores

  • Cry of Delores, Catholic priest rang the bell at his church as a "call to arms", this sparked the war that led to Mexican Independence
  • Every year, on the eve of this Independence celebration, the President of Mexico rings this same bell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_of_the_Mexican_Empire

  • Document that declared the Mexican empire was independent from the Spanish empire
  • Three copies were made, one was destroyed in a fire in 1909, the other two are currently in museums in Mexico 
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