The constitution was valid for insurgent forces in the territories that it controlled during the Mexican War of Independence.

After the death of the Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary leader, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, on 28 June 1813, José María Morelos from Acapulco made a call to create a Congress in September in the city of Chilpancingo (now in the state of Guerrero), whose purpose was to create an independent government.

Proclaimed as the Supreme National Congress, it was convened on 14 September 1813; that same day Morelos announced to the Assembly a program called Sentimientos de la Nación,[1] in which the independence of Mexican America was declared and a government of popular representation with division of powers, prohibition of slavery and absence of castes was instituted.

Their most direct authority, in addition to the executive and administrative nature, were to ensure the protection of the rights of citizens: liberty, property, equality and security.

Almost a year after it was enacted, José María Morelos y Pavón was imprisoned and was shot on 22 December 1815.