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The Mexican Revolution (Spanish: Revolución mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". [ 9 ]
The Mexican Revolution was the costliest conflict in Mexican history. [45] The overthrow of the dictator Porfirio Díaz caused political instability, with many contending factions and regions. [ 27 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] The Catholic Church and the Díaz government had come to an informal modus vivendi in which the state formally maintained the ...
Land reform attempts by past leaders and governments proved futile, as the revolution from 1910 to 1920 had been a battle of dependent labor, capitalism, and industrial ownership. [5] Fixing the agrarian problem was a question of education, methods, and creating new social relationships through co-operative effort and government assistance. [ 6 ]
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The massive immigration waves from Eastern and Southern Europe that characterized the late 19th and early 20th century, as well as 10% of the Mexican population arriving during the Mexican ...
September 5: 1920 Mexican general election: Álvaro Obregón defeats Alfredo Robles Domínguez. December 1: Álvaro Obregón becomes president after winning the federal election which brings an end to the Mexican Revolution and has the first stable presidency since the revolution began.
The Plan of Ayala (Spanish: Plan de Ayala) was a document drafted by revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata during the Mexican Revolution. [1] In it, Zapata denounced President Francisco Madero for his perceived betrayal of the revolutionary ideals embodied in Madero's Plan de San Luis Potosí , and set out his vision of land reform. [ 2 ]
Adherents of Brig. General Felix Diaz, nephew of former president Porfirio Díaz, who opposed both the Madero and Carranza governments in rebellions between 1913 and 1920. He led the reactionary conservative National Reorganizer Army in ineffective revolts late in the Revolution.