Using your prior knowledge of major events in 1808, why do you think hidalgo chose to join an underground independence movement at this point?

The priest Miguel Hidalgo was a key character for the outbreak of Mexico's Independence in 1810. The main reason why he decided to joint the Independence was because he was angry of the inequality between the Spanish people who came from Spain and the Spanish people that born in America (criollo novohispano). Since Miguel Hidalgo was a criollo novohispano, he wanted to have the same rights as all the Spanish conquerors.

for many centuries there were important factors which the economies of the muslim empires developed increasingly. they applied economic procedures in production, investment, finance, taxation and property. they used to tax certain goods (for example: harvest), they charged interest on money lent, they signed contracts with merchants; they relied on a common currency, and they used checks as well as promissory notes. with the money collected by means of taxation, the government provided the needy with an income. in addition, trading networks covered huge distances, so far regions started to have contact and exchange goods. this trade network covered areas of asia, africa and europe.

chronological thinking is an indispensable tool to structure a historical narrative and to give meaning to a sequence of events. the final section presents the results of a survey to test the chronological thinking of lower secondary school students carried out by the educational research institute.