Miguel Hidalgo's Influence

Miguel Hidalgo was a Roman catholic priest, activist, and folk hero to some and revolutionary leader who is called the father of independence due to the major role he played in the wars of independence. It all began when Hidalgo was born, 8th of May 1753in Penjamo, Guanajuato.He was the second born son of Cristóbal Hidalgo y Costilla and Dona Ana Maria Gallaga, born into the social class as a criollo. In his teen years Hidalgo served in the army and a professor at the college de San Nicolas Obispo before serving the church. Once realizing the corruption, due to the enlightened man he had become he began to question the churches ideas, like the power of the popes, the virgin birth, and celibacy, he did not lead the traditional 18th century Mexican priest life, especially his personal life. Instead his studies of enlightenment era ideas challenged the political and religious views of the king, his actions resulted in a hearing in the court of the inquisition but not found guilty. Hidalgo later settled in Dolores because of the injustice to the indiginous people, for example, when a drought in 1807–1808 caused a famine in the Dolores area, rather than releasing stored grain to market, Spanish merchants chose instead
He carried a banner with the vigin de guadalupe and used her image as their sign, "viva la guadalupe". From guanjuato, hidalgo set off to valladoilid on the 10th of october 1810 with 15000 and there he was titled his most serene highness and had the power to legislate.hidalgos initial goal at this point was tosend the "gachpines" back to the motherland because there was no place for their tyranny and greed in mexico, because all that would do was degrate the mexicans on a spiritual and temporal