The Revolution, And The Key Causes Of The Mexican Revolution

Mexico suffered ten years of war, suffering, and turmoil. Mexican leaders during 1910-1920 were unable to hold the country together and a revolution consumed the nation. The Mexican people grew tired of political greed, lack of support, and unequal treatment. Several leaders such as President Diaz would prove to be a man of one interest, himself. Others would quickly rise against him and attempt to claim the presidency. General Huerta and Francisco

The Mexican Revolution is viewed/ considered as the first major political, social, and cultural Revolution of the 20th century. The united states had a lot of positive outcomes from Mexico, since they were the country that was right next to them, this eventually caused for the US to become involved in the Revolution. The Revolution began in 1910, like any other war it was very devastating that resulted in many deaths. The main purpose for the start of the revolution was to remove Porfirio Diaz from presidency because he was a very impulsive and manipulating man who did not care for others but himself. There were several groups from the US that were involved in the Revolution due to their interest in the population of Mexico.

The Mexican Revolution is a complicated part of the Mexico history and it is very hard to pin down when the revolution had ended. It is something that is highly debated about even in today. History of this period of Mexico is every changing as people interpret what the revolution was about. Some Scholars say 1940’s like Mexican historian Daniel Cosio Villegas while other professors would say that it ends later or early then that. It depends on what you think the Revolution was being fought for. I think that is some ways the Villegas is right, but that depend on my definition of the Mexican Revolution, but overall I must disagree with the statement. I think that it had the end of the tail end of the 1910’s into the 1920’s. I believe in some

Why did the Mexican revolution start? The Mexican revolution may have consisted of the longest serving serving president, but that is exactly what started the revolution in the first place and ending in almost every revolutionary leader being assassinated and 900,000 people being killed. during this long lasting revolution all started by Diaz. the long term president Diaz started off good as most people may say, but ended up causing a revolution because of his manipulative long service. the middle class was fed up and made a movement, in which started it all. The reason the middle class was to the point of revoult was because Diaz created a stable political system that

The Reform War was a civil war between the Mexican people, the conservatives vs. the liberals.  With the unhappy reaction of the liberals chaos broke out and Comonfort resigned and Benito Juarez became president. “Comonfort died in an ambush in 1863”(Biography in context) With Juarez President the Reform War ended. The liberals considered this a political victory over the conservatives, having one of their own in office. “Juarez would free Mexico from the most flagrant remnants of neocolonialism.”(Scholes) After the Liberals defeated the conservatives, President Juarez had more to worry about. Some European countries were very upset with Mexico and their unpaid debt with them. They sent troops to Mexico but, they all withdrew themselves when they saw that French dictator Napoleon was planning to overthrow Juarez’s government. The overthrow of the Juarez government started the French Intervention in Mexico in 1862. With the help of the United states Juarez managed to gain back control, he became a hero in the eyes of most liberal Mexican’s for not backing down and running out the French.

Towards the year 1820, desire for independence within Mexico decreased, as there was an inner conflict between the peninsulares, creoles, and the lower classes, as the aspirations of the lower castes would reduce the political and economic power of those classes (Keen 169; Huck 51). But then there was a new leader of the independence movement: Agustin de Iturbide. Instead of continuing the legacies of Morelos and Hidalgo, he changed sides, fighting only for the independence of Spain (Huck 53-54) His conservative plan, the Plan of Iguala, consisted of creating a constitutional monarchy, establishing Roman Catholicism as the official religion of Mexico, and giving equality to only peninsulares and creoles (Kirkwood). Despite establishing independence, the Plan of Iguala created a long line of dictators, only to make

The Texas Revolution and The Mexican Cession are both significant events in our Nation’s history because it increased the size of the United States by about 500,000 square miles. It also united two different cultures and people into one unified nation. The causes of the Texas Revolution were that Texas wanted to be able to have slaves as well as representatives in the Mexican government.

     There was a huge revolution in the country of Mexico that started in the year 1910, led by Porfirio Diaz, the president of Mexico in 1910. In the 1860’s Diaz was important to Mexican politics and then was elected president in 1877. Diaz said that he would only be president for one year and then would resign, but after four years he was re-elected as the President of Mexico. Porfirio Diaz and the Mexican revolution had a huge impact on the country of Mexico that is still felt in some places today.

After Diaz had won by a landslide, he released Madero from prison. Madero promptly fled to San Antonio, Texas to plan a revolution. There he wrote the Plan of St. Luis Potosi, which said that the election was fraudulent and that he was the provisional president of Mexico. The plan was purely political and Madero planned to have a completely democratic government. The plan said nothing about changing the situation for farmers and peasants. However, rural peasants latched onto the plan, thinking that Madero would also reform the country economically and socially. There were many revolutions carried out under Madero's flag, specifically revolutions carried out by Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata.

Mexico was building up to its revolution long before activists like Francisco Madero and Emiliano Zapata. From 1840 to 1910; Mexico went from a war-torn and newly freed nation to a nation on the brink of civil war. How did it get there? Through a series of wars, leaders, and policies, which proved causation politically, socially, and economically to the Mexican Revolution.

The Mexican Revolution was one of the great revolutionary upheavals of the twentieth century and had a profound impact on the development of Mexico well into the modern day. The revolutionary period itself can be split into three distinct stages: First, several factions united behind Francisco Madero in order to overthrow the dictatorial government of Porfirio Diaz. When Madero’s government appeared to maintain the status quo set forth during the Porfiriato period, however, the same forces that brought Madero to power rose up once again to remove him. Finally, the remaining factions, no longer possessing a common goal to unite them, turned on one another in a fight to establish dominance. At the end of this bloody period emerged a new triumvirate:

During the start of the battle in 1846, when James K. Polk declared war against the Mexican’s, the nation was divided. One part of the war and the other half against. While slave owners saw it as “ a place to extend slavery,” others such as Frederick Douglas saw it as “robbing Mexico of her territory.” The Mexican American War rose out of the desire of expansion and resulted in new discoveries.

After the people of Mexico freed themselves from Spanish control, they faced difficulties trying to officially establish themselves as a country. Despite their independence, Mexico had to also live with the aftermath of Spanish colonialism. Part of the aftermath included socio-political issues amongst the Mexican people. In an effort to establish themselves as a nation, they first had to free themselves from a Spanish ideology, for Mexico truly was not free after their independence. The socio-political predicaments contribute to the evolution of modern day Mexico.

Another group of scholars known as second generation theorists have developed theories of when and why revolution occurs, based on social behaviors that are complex in nature. United States and Mexico Jesus Velasco-Marquez journal “Mexico And The United States In 1846: Their Colonial Roots And The Legacy Of Their Independence Movements”,

Prior to Díaz the Spanish crown colonized the country of Mexico. The Spanish crown was considered to be a secular society, economy and government. During the colonization time period there were basically three things that basically kept Mexico out of turmoil and to keep the peace between parties or classes of civilians. The first thing was that Spain donated grants to the villages. Also, they decided to distribute land between the pueblos and the estates in favor of the communes, especially with in land invasions. Thirdly, the church was protecting the Indians from secular opportunity seekers and reducing the friction of the groups. Following the colonization period, the country of Mexico was in turmoil because the two political parties of Mexico were constantly fighting about who