Three important dates in Mexican history are celebrated: 1) September 13th honors six young cadets who fought and died defending Chapultepec Castle against U.S. invasion, fighting for their country's independence. 2) September 16th commemorates Miguel Hidalgo ringing the church bell in 1810 to call Mexicans to rise up against Spanish rule after being governed by Spain for a long time. This led to Mexican independence by 1820. 3) November 20th marks the start of the Mexican Revolution in 1910 when Porfirio Díaz had been president for 31 years, reelecting himself and not sharing power, leading Francisco Madero to call Mexicans to fight against Dí

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2. September 13thOn September 13th, Juan de la Barrera, Juan Escutia, FranciscooMárquez, AgustínMelgar, Fernando Montes de Oca and Vicente Suárez fought for Mexico. The United States invaded the castle of Chapultepec and, though they were young, they fought and died for their country.

3. September 16thOn this date, Miguel Hidalgo, a priest, rang the church bell in order to call Mexicans to fight against the Spaniards. They had been ruled by them for a long time, so in September 16th, 1810 they all decided to rise up against them. This lead the Mexican independence; and ended on 1820.

4. November 20thOn November 20th, after 6:00pm all of the Mexicans were going to fight against all of the authorities that governed at the time, to get them out of power. PorfirioDíaz was the president at the time, at the beginning Mexicans liked everything he achieved, but then he started to reelect himself and not letting other people join his government; this lasted 31 years, until Francisco I. Madero told all Mexicans to fight against him. They had success 6 months after, and PorfirioDíaz lost his power.Francisco I. Madero