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