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Porfirio ran for this eighth term as president
Diaz was a general in the Frech Intervention of 1864-1867. He was a commander under Juarez until he died. Diaz took over in 1876. This was his eighth term as president. -
Revolution
Mexicans started an uprising from the northern states of Mexico. Over the next decade Mexicans left to El Paso and the United States. -
Casa Grandes
Madero attacks Casa Grandes and leaves with 100 out of 800 followers killed. Madero joined by other local leaders, including a local bandit Doroteo Arango, better known as Pancho Villa. Villa's men are known as dorados 'golden ones' because of their golden hued uniforms. Famous for their cavalry charges, often led by Villa himself. -
Zapata
Emiliano Zapata leads uprising of villagers in Morelos for land and water rights. Simultaneously armed revolts begin in other parts of Mexico. Born August 8, 1879, Anenecuilco, Mexico. Assassinated: April 10, 1919, Chinameca, Morelos -
Zapata takes command
Emiliano Zapata takes command of an 800 man revolutionary band after leader Pablo Torres is killed. Many Indians lost land during the Diaz years. Zapata and his followers began a revolt against this with the banner Tierra y Libertad !' ( Land and Liberty.') -
The Battle Of Juarez
This battle lasts for three days under the direction of Villa and Orozco. Diaz loses the battle, leaves to Paris, France. Madero wins election as Mexican President and Zapata drafts the Plan de Ayala the US Sends troops to the border -
Constitutionalist
Villa’s supporters attack a train in Santa Ysabel, Chihuahua, and kill 17 Americans, including employees of the American Smelting and Refining Company Anglo residents in El Paso attack Mexicans in a race riot outside of the Majestic Theater Villa raids Columbus, NM U.S. General John J. Pershing leads 10,000 soldiers into México in a “Punitive Expedition”
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Decena Tragica
Diaz and Mondragon and Reyes rebelled against Madero with 2,400 men 300 were killed. Diaz freed Madero, reappoints Huerta as military commander and Huerta ordered Ruiz and all rebel cadets executed by firing squad 5,000 civilians killed. -
Venustiano Carranza
Carrenza drafts a Plan De Gudalupe that accuses Huerta of restoring a dictatorship and committing treason. He calls for a return to the values of the Constitution of 1857 and his supporters are called Constitutionalists; for a brief time, the Mills Building in El Paso serves as the Constitutionalist headquaters. Villa attacks Huerta's troops in the Second Battle of Juarez. -
Coahuila
Carranza, governor of Coahuila, is declared First Chief in the fight against Huerta "The Usurper" and including both Villa and Zapata. Alvaro Obregón leads Carranza's army. -
El Paso
First National Bank of El Paso formed Villa's defeat. Huerta's forces Carranza and declares himself President. Carranza leaves to Veracruz to ask for the removal of US Troops. -
Constitutional convention.
Carranza organizes a constitutional convention. On Feb 17, 1917, the constitution is approved, allowing freedom of religion, the prohibition of child labor, and equal pay for men and women. -
José Clemenete Orozco
Josè Clemente orozco was Born on November 23, 1883, he was a Mexican muralist He created impressive, realistic paintings. A product of the Mexican Revolution, he overcame poverty and eventually traveled to the U.S. and Europe. He died of heart failure at age 65. -
Diego Rivera
In a country which, at the turn of the century, had nearly 90 percent illiteracy, there was a call to artists to depict the desires of the revolution. Born in 1886, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera was elected to adorn the walls of the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria in Mexico City. As the first mural of this kind, the government paid for the artist to travel to Italy to study the techniques of Renaissance and Baroque masters. Although learning from Europeans, Rivera’s style was specifically Mexican. -
David Alfaro Soqueiros
David Alfaro Siqueiros was born on December 29 1896 he was a Mexican painter and muralist. His schooling came at an interesting time in Mexican history. In 1910 the Mexican Revolution erupted, and he became involved in student strikes.
