Question

The man in the picture, Padre Miguel Hidalgo, is noted for

stopping the rebellion in a town called Dolores.
beginning the Mexican independence movement.
defeating the Spanish colonial government.
collaborating with criollos and peninsulares.

Answer 1

beginning the Mexican independence movement.

(He issued the Grito de Dolores in 1810 to start the uprising; he did not defeat the Spanish government and was executed in 1811, and he mainly mobilized mestizos, indigenous people and some criollos rather than peninsulares.)