Mores's hopes for the rebellion called for the creation of a republican government that “all Mexican people would participate, the abolition of slavery, and the elimination of divisions between races and ethnicities.” Morelos saw the suffering of the poor at the ends of the Church and the elites, and believed that these things must be changed in order to achieve the full participation of the people in the new government. Morelos also called for the end of the Church's special privileges and the redistribution of large estates among the people. These principles demonstrated the rebellion's desire to achieve both independence and justice for the poor.