The war of independence helped change Mexico.
change La Nueva Espana, it's government, and the republic. The war of independence .
took place 1810-1821. .
There were many primary leaders in the war for independence. The first leader of .
the war for independence was Miguel Hidalgo. Miguel Hidalgo was a priest who did not .
take his religion seriously and who was always looking out for the Indians, Mestizos, and .
Criollos. Ignacio Allende was the captain of the Queen Isabellas calvery who joined .
Miguel Hidalgo. Together, Miguel Hidalgo and Ignacio Allende formed a "literary club." .
The club wasn't necessary about literacy. Each time the group met the group talked .
more and more about devising plans and ways on how to over throw Spanish rule. The .
members of the club also included Miguel Dominguez and his wife, Dona Josefa Ortiz .
De Dominguez, Epigmenio Gonzalez, and Marina Gawan. Soon after Miguel Hidalgos .
death Iturbide took over. .
After the war of independence a new government was formed. At first since there .
wasn't a monarch established, a junta was created to run things in the mean time. The .
provisional junta consisted of five men, whose duties were to exercise executive .
functions until an emperor of Mexico was appointed. Soon after, Iturbide was appointed .
Emperor of Mexico. As emperor of Mexico his job was to defend the Catholic religion. .
The government became that of a monarchy. .
A new Republic of Mexico came about after monarchy failed. Monarchy in .
Mexico failed because it was no different from when Spain Ruled Mexico. In 1824 a .
"three man junta" governed Mexico provisionally. The three members were Nicolas .
Bravo, Guadalupe Victoria and Pedro Celestino Negrete. In the year 1824 the .
constitution of the Estados Unidos Mexicanos became a federalist republic. The republic .
consisted of nineteen states and four territories. The constitution was similar to that of .
the United States. There was a separation of powers, which had the three executive .