Mexico
was
the
home
to
highly
developed
____________________
,
including
the
Mayas
and
the
Toltecs
(
later
called
the
____________________
)
,
since
at
least
the
10th
____________________
.
In
the
early
____________________
,
Spanish
____________________
came
to
Mexico
,
brutally
toppling
the
local
rulers
,
claiming
the
land
for
Spain
,
____________________
many
Indians
,
and
looting
what
they
could
of
Mexico's
____________________
.
For
over
____________________
years
,
Mexico
,
then
called
____________________
____________________
,
was
a
part
of
Spain's
____________________
.
On
____________________
16
,
1810
,
the
priest
Father
Miguel
Hidalgo
y
Costilla
started
a
revolt
against
Spanish
rule
.
He
and
his
untrained
Indian
followers
fought
against
the
Spanish
,
but
his
____________________
was
unsuccessful
and
Father
Hidalgo
was
executed
.
After
this
setback
,
Father
Jose
Maria
Morelos
led
the
revolutionaries
,
but
he
also
failed
and
was
____________________
.
These
two
men
are
still
symbols
of
Mexican
____________________
and
patriotism
.
After
the
Mexican
-
born
Spanish
and
the
Catholic
Church
joined
the
revolution
,
Spain
was
finally
____________________
in
1821
.
Mexican
Independence
Day
is
celebrated
on
September
16
of
each
year
,
the
____________________
of
the
start
of
Father
Hidalgo's
revolt
.
