One of the great insurgent caudillos, remarkable by its capacity like
strategist and advanced one of its political expositions. It was born in
Valladolid (today Morelia) the 30 of September of 1765, of family of few
resources, first was shepherd and in 1790 it entered to the School of San
Nicholas, in Valladolid, where the governing one was Miguel Hidalgo. In 1797
priest was ordered and obtained, in 1810, his curato in Cuarácuaro.
Initiated the fight of insurgency in 1810, Morelos was united to the realistic
troops in the south of the province. In his first nine months of campaign it
annihilated to the ejercitos of three realistic heads and dominated the totality
almost of which today it is the state of Guerrero. In one second Morelos stage
it divided to his troops in three bodies and the more important feat of arms
went the site to Cuautla, place where it had taken refuge. The 2 of May (1813)
Morelos broke through the encirclement and could initiate his third campaign,
which vió crowned by several triumphs (Citlala, Tehuacán, Orizaba, Oaxaca,
Acapulco).
The 13 of September of 1813 reunited in Chilpancingo to the call Constituent
National Congress and presented/displayed their " Feelings of the Nation
". according to which independence had to be declared, to adopt the
catholic religion and to create the powers legislative, executive and judicial,
to respect the property but to confiscate its goods to the Spaniards, to abolish
the chaste ones, watertight and the tributes. The generalissimo appointment was
offered to him, with the treatment of the calmest height, which rejected and
requested to be called Servant of the Nation.
After some unfortunate feats of arms it reunited in Apatzingán to the Congress,
and the 22 of October it issued the Constitutional Decree for the Freedom of
Mexican America. Defeated in Tezmalaca, lead prisoner and to the death was
taken. The 22 of December of 1815 were shot in San Cristóbal Ecatepec