Independence

The Insurgency began with Hidalgo's rebellion in the Bajío region, north of Mexico City, following a coup d'état by Peninsular Spaniards against the Viceroy's offer of access to high office to Creoles. General attacks on property by Insurgent forces and massacre at Guanajuato (September 1810) provoked an upper class backlash reuniting Creoles and Peninsulars.