Who launched the movement for independence in New Spain (modern mexico) 1. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla  2. Joseph Bonaparte  3. King Fernando VII 4. Antonie Lopez de Santa Anna

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Who launched the movement for independence in New Spain (modern mexico)

1. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla 

2. Joseph Bonaparte 

3. King Fernando VII

4. Antonie Lopez de Santa Anna 

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New Spain was a Spanish colony in the Americas. This colony then came to be known as Mexico, after it became independent from the Spanish government. The Spaniards conquered this region from the Aztec Empire in the sixteenth century. Hernan Cortes was the one who played an important role in conquering this territory and then he only named it New Spain. 

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