Known for his speech, "The Cry of Dolores," this Roman Catholic priest rang in the Mexican War of Independence. Name that key figure.

"Action must be taken at once; there is no time to be lost. We shall yet see the oppressors' yoke broken and the fragments scattered on the ground." Roman Catholic Priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla gathered an army of 90,000 poor farmers and led the way in fighting the Spanish. After the Battle of Calderón Bridge, Hidalgo was betrayed and executed.

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