- Ignacio López Rayón
Ignacio López Rayón (
July 31 ,1773 , Tlalpujahua,Michoacán ,New Spain —February 2 ,1832 ,Mexico City ) led the revolutionary government of his country after Miguel Hidalgo's death, during the first years of theMexican War of Independence .López Rayón was born in Michoacán and became a lawyer after studying at Saint Nicholas College in Valladolid (nowadays
Morelia ) and in Mexico City'sColegio de San Ildefonso . During the first months of the Mexican War of Independence, he joined Miguel Hidalgo's troops inMaravatío and defendedZitácuaro . Later on, he became Hidalgo's private secretary and First Secretary of State and, as such, signed the emancipation of slaves onDecember 6 ,1810 . He organized, withFrancisco Severo Maldonado , the first gazette of the rebellion: "El despertador americano" (in English: "The American Watchclock").After Hidalgo's death, he became the political leader of the movement and took part with
José María Morelos in first National Congress atChilpancingo . Four years later, he was arrested and sent to prison until 1820. After the war, he became the state treasurer ofSan Luis Potosí .López Rayón died on
February 2 ,1832 , in Mexico City.ee also
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