Article 2 Week 11 12/3

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What is Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla often referred to as?

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The Father of Mexican Independence

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Where was Father Miguel Hidalgo born?

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Mexico

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What position did Hidalgo hold in Dolores?

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Parish priest

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What was the name of Hidalgo's famous speech?

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Grito de Dolores

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How many soldiers joined Hidalgo in his fight for independence?

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40,000

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Who captured Hidalgo in 1811?

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Royalist forces

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When is Mexican Independence Day celebrated?

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September 15th and 16th

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What year did Hidalgo rally the people of Dolores?

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1810

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What was the ancestry of the mestizos who joined Hidalgo?

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Mixed Spanish and Indigenous

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What happened to Hidalgo in 1811?

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He was captured and executed