The Cry of Dolores is regarded as the first event in the fight for independence in the history of what country?
Cry of Dolores Cry of Dolores The Cry of Dolores () is a historical event that occurred in Dolores (now Dolores Hidalgo), Mexico, in the early morning of 16 September 1810. Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the bell of his church and gave the "pronunciamiento" (call to arms) that triggered the Mexican War of Independence. Every year on the of Independence Day, the President of Mexico re-enacts the Grito from the balcony of the National Palace in Mexico City, while ringing the same bell Hidalgo used in 1810. In the 1810s, Mexico was under Spanish control and known as New
The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back is a 1985 television documentary made for the British Central Independent Television company by writer/presenter John Pilger and producer/director Alan Lowery. It details the persecution of Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders throughout Australia's history. "The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back" shows that when British colonists first arrived in Australia, they saw Aboriginal Australians as having no proprietorial rights to their land because they didn't cultivate it. As a result of this, no treaty was ever signed. Aboriginal Australians had no rights