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Aided by local peoples, along with revolutionary leaders Mariano Matamoros and Ignacio López Rayón, Morelos occupied territories in southern and central New Spain, leading the Siege of Cuautla and capturing Acapulco, New Spain's main port in the Pacific Ocean.
José María Morelos y Pavón, nacido como José María Teclo Morelos Pavón y Pérez (Valladolid, Reino de México, 30 de septiembre de 1765-San Cristóbal de Ecatepec, Intendencia de México, 22 de diciembre de 1815), fue un sacerdote, militar y político novohispano que destacó como el jefe insurgente de la segunda etapa de organización en ...
José María Morelos (born September 30, 1765, Valladolid, Mexico—died December 22, 1815, San Cristóbal) was a revolutionary priest who assumed leadership of the Mexican independence movement after Miguel Hidalgo’s 1810 rebellion and subsequent execution.
May 15, 2019 · José María Morelos (September 30, 1765–December 22, 1815) was a Mexican priest and revolutionary. He was in overall military command of Mexico’s Independence movement in 1811-1815 before the Spanish captured, tried, and executed him. He is considered one of the greatest heroes of Mexico and countless things are named after him, including ...
José María Morelos y Pavón ( b. 30 September 1765; d. 22 December 1815), foremost Mexican insurgent leader in the struggle for independence. Born in Valladolid, he worked as a scribe and accountant from 1779 to 1790, when he began ecclesiastical studies at the College of San Nicolás, where he met Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811).
José María Morelos y Pavón (30 September 1765 – 22 December 1815) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader. He led the Mexican War of Independence movement. He led the movement after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811.
José María Morelos (1765-1815) was a Mexican parish priest who joined the forces seeking to liberate Mexico from Spanish rule. He became the greatest of the insurgent military commanders, and as a statesman he advocated far-reaching political and social reforms.
Sentimientos de la Nación ("Feelings of the Nation"; occasionally rendered as "Sentiments of the Nation") was a document presented by José María Morelos y Pavón, leader of the insurgents in the Mexican War of Independence, to the National Constituent Congress in Chilpancingo (modern-day Guerrero) on 14 September 1813.
Mexican mestizo priest and leader of the revolution against Spain. Joining the insurrection in 1810, he led a successful campaign in the south, and assumed command of his country's struggle after the capture and execution (1810) of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
It is surprising that the first full-length biography of José María Morelos in English did not appear until a century and a half after his death. Dr. Timmons has produced a solid, objective study of the Mexican martyr to the cause of independence, a work which should endure for many years.
