Declaration
Act of Independence of the Mexican Empire, 1821
Following the entry of the Army of the Three Guarantees into Mexico City, the Supreme Provisional Government Junta declared Mexico a sovereign and independent nation on 28 September 1821, signed by 33 board members and Agustín de Iturbide.
What happened
Following the entry of the Army of the Three Guarantees, led by Agustín de Iturbide, into Mexico City on 27 September 1821, the Supreme Provisional Government Junta adopted the Act of Independence the following day. The declaration stated that "the Mexican Nation, which for three hundred years had neither had its own will, nor free use of its voice, leaves today the oppression in which it has lived," and concluded that Mexico "is a Sovereign nation and independent of old Spain with which henceforth it will maintain no other union besides a close friendship."[1] The Act was signed by 33 members of the Provisional Governmental Board and by Iturbide as President of the Regency.[1]
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Claim: On 28 September 1821, the Supreme Provisional Government Junta adopted the Act of Independence, stating that "the Mexican Nation, which for three hundred years had neither had its own will, nor free use of its voice, leaves today the oppression in which it has lived," and concluding that Mexico "is a Sovereign nation and independent of old Spain with which henceforth it will maintain no other union besides a close friendship." The Act was signed by 33 members of the Provisional Governmental Board and by Agustín de Iturbide as President of the Regency.
- Wikipedia contributors, Declaration of Independence (Mexico) (Wikipedia, 28 September 1821) link, declaration text and signatories. Source record