miguel hidalgo summary

Miguel Hidalgo was a priestly father and was ordained in 1792 of the roman catholic church and was the father of his country.He lived from 1753 - 1811. and on July 30th 1811 was shot in Chihuahua. He later joined a group of patriots in 1810 who were all about liberal ideas and was inspried and he knew he wanted freedom and independence of mexico.On August 30 Hidalgo won an important victory at Monte de las Cruces in the outskirts of Mexico when he defeated Trujillo but later was defeated by the royalist troops led by general Félix Calleja. By 1821 the ideas of freedom and independence led by Miguel Hidalgo and many other mexican citizens for over eleven years were finally happening.