<P> Mexican resistance and struggle for independence began with the brutal Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire when Spanish conquerors had considerable autonomy from crown control . Don Martín Cortés ( son of Hernán Cortés ) , the second marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca , led a conspiracy of holders of encomiendas against the Spanish crown after it sought to eliminate privileges for the conquistadors , particularly putting limitations on encomiendas . After the suppression of that mid-16th - century conspiracy , elites raised no substantial challenge to royal rule until the Hidalgo revolt of 1810 . </P>
<P> Mexican resistance and struggle for independence began with the brutal Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire when Spanish conquerors had considerable autonomy from crown control . Don Martín Cortés ( son of Hernán Cortés ) , the second marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca , led a conspiracy of holders of encomiendas against the Spanish crown after it sought to eliminate privileges for the conquistadors , particularly putting limitations on encomiendas . After the suppression of that mid-16th - century conspiracy , elites raised no substantial challenge to royal rule until the Hidalgo revolt of 1810 . </P>
when did mexico 's quest for independence begin
when did mexico 's quest for independence begin
1810
1810