 Impressed, Itubide joined forces with Guerrero and demanded independence, a constitutional monarchy in Mexico, the continued religious monopoly for the Catholic Church, and equality for Spaniards and those born in Mexico.Royalists who now followed Iturbide's change of sides and insurgents formed the Army of the Three Guarantees.Within six months, the new army was in control of all but the ports of Veracruz and Acapulco.