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The 56 pages that link to Mexican War of Independence, each with the reason it gives.

• Mexico CityRelated: Independence shifted the city from colonial seat to capital of a sovereign republic.

• New SpainRelated: Its success dismantled New Spain’s central authority in Mexico.

• Spanish American wars of independenceBroader topic: It began with a large popular uprising and concluded through a negotiated alliance of former opponents.

• MexicoRelated: Its outcome created Mexico as a sovereign nation.

• Latin American wars of independenceBroader topic: Its popular insurgencies and eventual conservative coalition differed from many South American campaigns.

• Manila galleonRelated: The break with Spain’s colonial order helped bring the Manila–Acapulco system to its 1815 close.

• Indigenous peoples of MexicoRelated: Independence changed political sovereignty but did not end colonial-era inequalities for Indigenous communities.

• Plan of IgualaNarrower topic: The plan offered a political settlement to this decade-long conflict.

• Adams–Onís TreatyRelated: Mexican independence placed the treaty’s boundary provisions under a new government.

• Central American independenceRelated: Its success changed the balance of power just north of Central America.

• Reform WarCompared with: It fought for independence from Spain, while the Reform War contested authority within the independent republic.

• Agustín de IturbideNarrower topic: Iturbide entered the conflict as a royalist officer and helped bring it to a close.

• Venezuelan War of IndependenceRelated: Its distinct social coalitions and settlement offer a comparison with Venezuela’s prolonged war.

• Mexican nationalismBroader topic: The independence struggle turned opposition to Spanish rule into a claim to Mexican sovereignty.

• Mexican EmpireNarrower topic: Its conclusion opened the political contest that first produced a Mexican monarchy.

• First Mexican EmpireNarrower topic: Its conclusion opened the way for an independent Mexican state.

• Mexican liberalismNarrower topic: Independence opened the political contest over what institutions and rights the new nation should adopt.

• Constitution of 1824Narrower topic: Independence created the need to establish a lasting national government.

• José María MorelosNarrower topic: Morelos’s campaigns formed the revolt’s second major phase after Hidalgo’s uprising.

• Mexican national identityRelated: Its insurgent heroes and founding story became central to national memory.

• MexicanidadRelated: Independence created a sovereign polity whose diverse population had to be imagined as a nation.

• Miguel Hidalgo y CostillaNarrower topic: Hidalgo initiated the conflict, though it continued long after his execution.

• Treaty of CórdobaNarrower topic: The treaty came near the war’s conclusion and formalized its central political aim.

• Vicente GuerreroNarrower topic: Guerrero became one of the insurgency’s leading commanders after its early leaders fell.

• JaliscoRelated: The war transformed political authority in the region that became Jalisco.

• Mexican ArmyNarrower topic: It created the new state whose armed forces the Army would eventually serve.

• CorridosRelated: Songs about independence-era figures helped establish the corrido's role in public storytelling.

• ChiapasRelated: Its aftermath set the stage for Chiapas to join Mexico.

• Spanish American independenceBroader topic: Its popular insurgencies and final elite alliance followed a distinctive path within Spanish America.

• First Mexican RepublicNarrower topic: The republic inherited a sovereign state created by this independence struggle.

• GuadalajaraRelated: Guadalajara was a major setting for insurgent activity during the war.

• Guadalupe VictoriaNarrower topic: Victoria spent years fighting in this conflict, becoming one of its enduring insurgent leaders.

• New MexicoRelated: New Mexico became part of independent Mexico after the war.

• Mexico City Metropolitan CathedralRelated: The cathedral’s final construction phase extended into the era of independence.

• Valentín Gómez FaríasNarrower topic: Its aftermath produced the new state whose institutions Gómez Farías sought to reform.

• Apache WarsRelated: The transfer of sovereignty changed the government responsible for northern frontier policy.

• Battle of PueblaCompared with: Puebla defended a republic against French intervention rather than seeking independence from Spain.

• History of MexicoBroader topic: It created an independent state after three centuries of colonial government.

• Mexican pesoRelated: Independence turned currency issuance into a responsibility of the Mexican state.

• Oaxaca CityRelated: The struggle altered the political framework in which Oaxaca became a state capital.

• TamaulipasRelated: Independence transformed Nuevo Santander into part of the new Mexican nation.

• Flag of MexicoNarrower topic: The flag’s earliest tricolor designs emerged as independence was achieved.

• MorelosNarrower topic: Morelos’s namesake became one of the insurgency’s leading figures.

• OaxacaNarrower topic: Oaxaca became part of the new nation during this struggle against Spanish rule.

• Pastry WarNarrower topic: The new republic faced foreign claims amid the instability left by independence.

• SinaloaRelated: Independence transformed the political authority governing the territory of Sinaloa.

• Vicente RocafuerteRelated: Rocafuerte supported Mexican independence and served in Mexico’s diplomatic and political circles.

• Chapultepec CastleRelated: Independence interrupted the castle’s original role as a viceregal residence.

• CoahuilaRelated: Its outcome brought Coahuila into the newly independent Mexican nation.

• Guillermo PrietoNarrower topic: Prieto’s generation inherited a nation still defining the meaning of independence.