What Father Hidalgo did afterwards?

Answer 1

Father Hidalgo started the revolt that eventually became the Mexican War of Independence against Spain, on the early hours of September 16, 1810. After some minor victories, due to lack of readiness from part of the royalist colonial forces, Hidalgo's forces were poised to attack Mexico City. Hidalgo however, decided to retreat, as he feared a blood bath -- Mexico City was guarded by the best troops found on the Spanish colonial empire. This action led to several desertions, and marked the decline of the insurgent forces, eventually leading to Hidalgo's capture and execution on July 30, 1811.

After Hidalgo's death, the independence movement devolved into guerrilla warfare, until Catholic priest Jose Maria Morelos took over the leadership of the insurgent army, but he was captured and executed too in 1815. Morelos' lieutenant, Vicente Guerrero, took for himself the duty to carry on with the war effort, eventually winning Mexico's independence on September 27, 1821.