| Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire | |
|---|---|
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Acta_Independencia_Mexico_1821.jpg) Original copy of the Declaration | |
| Ratified | September 28, 1821 |
| Location | National Archives |
| Author(s) | Juan José Espinosa de los Monteros |
| Signatories | 33 members of the board and Agustín de Iturbide |
| Purpose | To declare independence from Spanish Empire |
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The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire (Spanish: Acta de Independencia del Imperio Mexicano) is the document by which the Mexican Empire declared independence from the Spanish Empire. This founding document of the Mexican nation was drafted in the National Palace in Mexico City on September 28, 1821, by Juan José Espinosa de los Monteros, secretary of the Provisional Governmental Board.
Three copies of the act were executed. One was destroyed in a fire in 1909. The other two copies are in the Museo Histórico de Acapulco Fuerte de San Diego in Acapulco and in the General Archive of the Nation in Mexico City.[1]
The document is 52.9 centimeters (20.8 in) wide and 71.8 centimeters (28.3 in) high.[2]
- ^ "Resguardó descendiente de Nicolás Bravo una de tres copias del Acta de Independencia" (in Spanish).[dead link]
- ^ "Acta de Independencia, sana". Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. August 24, 2010. Archived from the original on July 29, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2018.