José María Morelos y Pavón
NORTH AMERICA
MEXICO
(1765 - 1815)
He was born on Sept. 30, 1765, in Valladolid, Morelia Michoacán and died on December 22, 1815, in San Cristóbal Ecatepec. He was a revolutionary priest of the Mexican independence. In 1813, he formed a government and drafted a constitution. In November, that government declared Mexico’s Independence, and in October 1814, promulgated a Democratic Constitution.