Pedro de la Portilla

Pedro de la Portillawas an 18th-centuryCriollorebel inNew Spainagainst the Spanish. He was the leader of theConspiracy of the Machetes(Spanish:la conspiración de los machetes), an unsuccessful rebellion in 1799. Although the conspiracy posed no threat to Spanish rule, nevertheless it was a shock to the rulers. Coming only 11 years before theGrito de Dolores,it is considered in modern Mexico to be a forerunner of theMexican War of Independence.

See also

• Conspiracy of the Machetes

References

• (in Spanish)"Azanza, Miguel José de,"Enciclopedia de México,v. 2. Mexico City: 1987.
• (in Spanish)"Portilla, Pedro,"Enciclopedia de México,v. 11. Mexico City: 1987.
• (in Spanish)Orozco L., Fernando,Fechas Históricas de México.Mexico City: Panorama Editorial, 1988,ISBN968-38-0046-7.
• (in Spanish)Orozco Linares, Fernando,Gobernantes de México.Mexico City: Panorama Editorial, 1985,ISBN968-38-0260-5.

External links

• (in Spanish)Castillo Guerra, Hernando,Diálogos en el Pantéon Liberal de México(p. 151)