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1910 Election
Franciso Madero runs against Diaz in Mexico’s first free elections. Diaz riggs the voting, and Madero who is the leader of the revolution issued The Plan of San Luis Potosi, which proclaims that the elections of 1910 should be null and void and declares that he is the real president of Mexico and declared an armed rebellion against Diaz
The significance of the year is that it starts the revolt with the Plan of San Luis Potosi.
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1911
Along with Zapata, Villa, and Orozco, Madero revolts against Diaz again. Madero becomes President of Mexico. By April 1911 the rebellion had spread to 18 states. The Rebellion is violent and very confusing and contradicting. The failure of the Diaz regime to stop the rebellion would mean that Diaz will have something that he cannot control. https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&q=Mexican%20revolution%201911&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=5pCbUaboL4fi0QGd6IDQAg&biw=12 -
November, 28, 1911
Emiliano Zapata issues the Plan de Ayala. The agrarian reform “Land and Freedom.” 17 haciendados in Morelos that owned 25% of the land. The land that they did own was the best farm land in Morelos.You could starve to death, work for one of the 17, or go into debt peonage. Morelos is full of potential revolutionaries.
These people are the first people that join the Zapatista movement. https://www.google.com/search?um=1&safe=strict&hl=en&biw=1242&bih=565&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Zapata%27s+plan+of+ayala -
1912
Orozco breaks away from Madero
Assigns Villla and Huerta to fight Orzco's rebels in the north.
zapata is fighting in guerilla warfare in the mountains. https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&hl=en&biw=1301&bih=592&site=imghp&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Pascual+Orozco&oq=Pascual+Orozco&gs_l=img.3..0j0i24l7.8921.10392.0.10772.8.8.0.0.0.0.132.622.6j2.8.0...0.0...1c.1.14.img.jy7LY9P5egE#imgrc=mQFWZU1ztOw3-M%3A%3BWQN5fykqTRlFTM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.pbs.org%252Fitvs%252Fstorm-that-swept-mexico%252Fwp-con -
February 9, 1913
With the help of the U.S. ambassador Henry Wilson, Diaz’s nephew Felix Diaz, and General Reyes stage a coup against the President February 9, 1913. -
1913
Madero is murdered by General Victoriano Huerta, who becomes president. https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&hl=en&biw=1301&bih=592&site=imghp&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Huerta+mexican+revolution&oq=Huerta+mexican+revolution&gs_l=img.3..0j0i5.103759.111175.0.111304.31.27.4.0.0.0.143.2313.19j7.26.0...0.0...1c.1.14.img.1W-UHgh96V4#imgrc=RiB_1bhJjLYMCM%3A%3BFb4OYeSZdXGLNM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252F0.tqn.com%252Fd%252Flatinamericanhistory%252F1%252F0%252F-%252F2%252F-%252F-%252Fhuerta.gif%3Bhttp%253A%252F%25 -
April 1914
US President Woodrow Wilson refused to recognize the Huerta government and in April 1914 US forces occupied Vera Cruz. -
october 1914
In October 1914, Mexico holds a constitutional convention in Aguascalientes. This declares Carranza in rebellion. -
June 1914
The bloodiest battle of the Huerta campaign was the Battle of Zacatecas in June 1914. This conveys the destruction and dread that comes with the Mexican Revolution. -
July 1914
Huerta resigns and leaves Mexico. Carranza occupies. This signifies another violent transfer of power. -
Between April and July 1915
Obregon’s troops are able to defeat Villa in three battles.. Most significant revolutionaries Villa and Zapata are engaged in guerilla warfare and stuck in the mountains. -
July 1915
US recognizes the Carranza government. this is significant because the United States recognizes the leadership of a dictator. -
Villa attacks Columbus, NM
In March 1916, Villa attacked Columbus, NM and President Wilson sent the army under General John Pershing into Mexico to catch him. This is significant because it adds to the United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution because Woodrow Wilson sends General Pershing into Mexico to apprehend Villa which fails. -
The Constitution of 1917
The constitution of 1917 gave more power to the Carranza government, and took away more power from the Catholic church. The significance of it is that it makes Carranza a dictator just as Diaz and Huerta. -
April 10, 1919
Zapata is murdered in an ambush arranged by Carranza.
This is significant because Zapata was a regional leader that stood for land reforms and was a voice for the lower class. -
1920
Alvaro Obregon along with the Zapatistas, Villistas, and other revolutionary groups overthrow and kill Carranza. Obregon becomes President of Mexico. Fighting Ends.
This is significant because Carranza gained more power due to the Constitution of 1917, and with Obregon beling president, Mexico finally experienced peace. -
Obregon government
The United States government recognized the Obregon government in 1923.
This is significant because the United States had refused to recognize the Huerta regime and the relationship between Mexico and the United States grew stronger. -
Villa's death
Villa (1924) assassignated.
This is significant because now Mexico finally experienced a peacefull transfer of power from Obregon to Calles. The Revolution was finally over.
