Pedro de la Portilla

Pedro de la Portilla was an eighteenth century Criollo rebel in New Spain against the Spanish. He was the leader of the Conspiracy of the Machetes (Spanish: "la conspiración de los machetes"), an unsuccessful rebellion in 1799. Although the conspiracy posed no threat to Spanish rule, nevertheless it was a shock to the rulers. Coming only 11 years before the Grito de Dolores, it is considered in modern Mexico to be a forerunner of the Mexican War of Independence.

ee also

*Conspiracy of the Machetes

References

*es icon "Azanza, Miguel José de," "Enciclopedia de México", v. 2. Mexico City: 1987.
*es icon "Portilla, Pedro," "Enciclopedia de México", v. 11. Mexico City: 1987.
*es icon Orozco L., Fernando, "Fechas Históricas de México". Mexico City: Panorama Editorial, 1988, ISBN 968-38-0046-7.
*es icon Orozco Linares, Fernando, "Gobernantes de México". Mexico City: Panorama Editorial, 1985, ISBN 968-38-0260-5.

External links

*es icon [http://www.facdyc.uanl.mx/posgrado/publicaciones/pdf/Dialogos%20en%20el%20panteon%20liberal%20de%20Mexico.pdf Castillo Guerra, Hernando, "Diálogos en el Pantéon Liberal de México"] (p. 151)