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