<span>El dulce de leche means </span>Caramel.
You use preterite to describe an action that took place and was fully done, Ex. José entro a la habitación, you can see John went into the room, he completed the action. On the other hand, imperfect tense doesn't specificate if the action was completed, Ex. José entraba a la habitación, it doesn't tell us if José fully entered the room.
The document that declared it was independent was signed July 15th 1821
It was officially independent July 28th 1821
I believe that 1 million people have died in the Mexican Revolution