The Mexican Revolution

Both sides.

Dates

The Mexican Revolution was a major revolution that included a sequence of armed struggles that lasted roughly from 1910 to 1920 and transformed Mexican culture and government.

Revolutionaries

Zapata

Villa

Madero

Huerta

Porfiristas

Revolucionarios

Sources

VS

1910-1920

The Mexican Revolution.

Carranza

José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915) was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of 31 years, from 1876, 17 February 1877 to 1 December 1880 and from 1 December 1884 to 25 May 1911. The entire period from 1876 to 1911 is often referred to as the Porfiriato.

José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution. As commander of the División del Norte, 'Division of the North', in the Constitutionalist Army, he was a military-landowner (caudillo) of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Facts: Low class. No studies. Against the system that controlled the country. (Hacienda.) Fought with Madero.

The Mexican Revolution, which began in 1910, ended dictatorship in Mexico and established a constitutional republic. A number of groups, led by revolutionaries including Francisco Madero, Pascual Orozco, Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata, participated in the long and costly conflict.

He was a Mexican military officer and 39th President of Mexico, who came to power by coup. After a military career under President Porfirio Díaz, Huerta became a high-ranking officer under democratically-elected President Francisco I. Madero during the first phase of the Mexican Revolution. Facts: Middle class. Military education. Fought with Madero.

He was a Mexican revolutionary, writer, and statesman who served as the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until shortly before his assassination in 1913. A wealthy landowner, he was nonetheless an advocate for social justice and democracy. Madero was notable for challenging long-time President Porfirio Díaz for the presidency in 1910 and being instrumental in sparking the Mexican Revolution. Facts: High class. Educated by the law. He was fighting for democracy against the dictatorship of Diaz. Fought against Porfirio.

He was one of the main leaders of the Mexican Revolution, whose victorious northern revolutionary Constitutionalist Army defeated the counter-revolutionary regime of Victoriano Huerta (February 1913 – July 1914) and then defeated fellow revolutionaries after Huerta's ouster. He secured power in Mexico, serving as head of state from 1914 to 1916. With the promulgation of a new revolutionary Mexican Constitution of 1917, he was elected president, serving from 1916 to 1920. Facts: High class. Educated by the law. He wanted to cheat in the elections but when Porfirio denied him this he joined Madero. Fought with Madero.

Emiliano Zapata Salazar became a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo. Facts: Middle class. Military education. He was fighting for land for the people Fought with Madero.