The Constitution of 18 12 - A Liberal, Enlightened Document

New spain was currently being overrun by revolutionary armies, although father hidalgo himself was captured and executed in july 18 11. And then down in the rio de la plata, the convoluted little revolution slashed civil war was unfolding with equal fury. The kadis merchants undertook this project of pacification, seeing as how they were the only people with any money to pay for anything. By the spring of 18 12, only about six thousand men total would be sent over to the western hemisphere. They also took with them weapons and ammunition and supplies to reinforce locals who were still loyal to spain. As we're about to see, a couple of hundred well armed soldiers could recruit