the year is
1876 and Mexico has been in chaos for
over 50 years after gaining its
independence in 1821 the Mexican state
had been embroiled in numerous Wars
against the Spanish Americans and French
and had seen a revolving door of leaders
who often violently toppled their
predecessors this half century of
turmoil would leave Mexico in Ruins
financially destitute and missing over
half of its territory but by 187 6
Mexico was ready to rebuild with the
Ascension of poerio Diaz to the
presidency in the fall of that year
Mexico would see its first stable ruler
since Independence beginning an era that
would reap much needed rewards for the
baguer nation while also sowing the
seeds of future
conflict poerio Diaz was a Mexican
General who in keeping with Mexican
tradition violently overthrew the
us-backed liberal government that
preceded him even though Diaz had taken
the presidency through Force of Arms he
did legitimately win the subsequent
election of
1877 promising to put an end to despotic
rule in Mexico Diaz amended the Mexican
constitution soon after taking office to
ban the reelection of presidents in the
country seemingly keeping his promise
Diaz stepped down from the presidency in
1880 Mexico appeared to be taking its
first steps toward legitimate democracy
but not everything was as it seemed
Manuel Gonzalez the man who succeeded
Diaz as president turned out to be
little more than a puppet for the former
ruler who would return to power himself
in 1884 breaking his own ban against
reelection the media Scandal that
followed may have proved problematic for
lesser politicians but for Diaz the
solution was simple enough he threw the
press in jail and legalized Unlimited
re-elections in the end poerio Diaz
would rule Mexico for over 30
years while he stayed in power through
unsavory means Diaz's presidency was not
uniformly bad for Mexico under his rule
Mexico's oil textile and Mining
Industries blossomed and foreign
investment poured into the country
Mexican industry was further aided by
explosive growth of the railroad which
occurred under Diaz's supervision this
extra economic activity allowed Diaz to
pay off Mexico's external debt which had
plagued the nation since its founding
Diaz also oversaw the reconciliation of
the Mexican state church and land owners
whose distaste for each other had led to
conflicts in the past before we continue
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successes however Diaz was making
enemies while his centralization of
Mexico brought some benefits it also
curtailed the power of individual
Mexican states displeasing many local
Elites from the perspective of Everyday
People Di's Reign also had issues as it
saw the massive expansion of acendas
large rural Estates that pushed Mexican
peasants off their land and compelled
them to work as unskilled
laborers additionally even though the
foreign investment that Diaz attracted
helped Mexico grow economically it also
meant that very little of Mexico's
industry was actually owned by
Mexicans one by one as these tensions
mounted Mexico inched ever closer to a
breaking point that Breaking Point
finally came in 1910 after Diaz who had
previously announced that he would be
stepping down from the presidency
promptly changed his mind and jailed the
leader of the opposition Francisco
Madero unfortunately for Diaz Madero a
weal wealthy landowner and Son of a
governor managed to escape to the United
States temporarily out of Diaz's reach
Madero called for the Mexican people to
rise up on November 20th 1910 the day
the Mexican Revolution had begun in the
north of the country Madero joined
forces with poncho via a former Bandit
and horse thief and began fighting
against federal troops in the South
peasant revolutionary ailano zapada
began his own Rebellion inspired by
madero's Promises of land redistribution
in this increasingly hostile environment
Federal forces faced numerous defeats at
the hands of Madero via and sapata
motivating Diaz to step down to prevent
further Bloodshed exiling himself to
France in May of
1911 soon after Diaz's departure Madera
was elected president of Mexico after
less than a year of fighting the age of
poerio Diaz had been brought to an end
this bright new age of Mexican history
ran into problems almost immediately
while Madero and much of the middle
class wanted electoral and economic
reforms they did not want extreme
Revolution however madero's hope for a
limited revolution had become
increasingly untenable as Decades of
simmering discontent boiled over and the
revolution began to slip out of his
control in his call for Revolution in
1910 Madero had Promised Land
redistribution to the poor but with
armed Farmers now roaming much of the
Mexican Countryside Madero demanded that
the peasants disarm before any land
distribution went forward this perceived
betrayal was taken especially poorly by
Amano Zapata Who Rose up against Madero
in 1912 in response Madero would send
one of his generals victoriano WEA to
put down Zapata's Rebellion which would
prove easier said than done by early
1913 with battles still raging against
Zapata in the South and the chaos of the
Revolution still uncontained support for
Madero began to falter the United States
began to worry that the instability in
Mexico would be dangerous for their
business interests in the country and
began to wonder if their interests would
be better served if someone else was in
charge someone like victoriano
wera as it turns out WEA didn't need
much convincing in an agreement signed
at the US Embassy in Mexico City the
United States and WEA agreed that Madera
would be deposed in a coup which ended
up leading to the death of Mexico's
first revolutionary Madera was gone and
WEA now assumed the Mexican presidency
all according to plan what was not
according to plan was where Do's
alcoholism and poor administrative
skills this unfortunate combination of
traits led to vocal opposition to his
rule almost immediately Chief among
these critics was venustiano coranza the
governor of the state of Kila on March
26th 1913 coranza went from critic to
Rebel when he called for the removal of
weera and launched an armed Uprising
from his base in the north of the
country in this endeavor karanza was
joined by Poncho via who had spent the
previous years amassing a sizable force
and newcomer Alvaro abreon Who was
appointed by K a to lead his army in the
north with the addition of Zapata's
peasant Army in the South this new
revolutionary Alliance sought to
surround WEA and forcibly remove him
from
power in more bad news for WEA the
United States despite backing his
original coup less than a year prior
switched sides and threw in their lot
with kona's Alliance weera was slowly
being backed into a corner but he wasn't
defeated yet and fierce fighting
continued into
1914 wera's situation soon grew
untenable however as American troops
occupied the port of verac Cruz
following a diplomatic dispute and
karanza Via aurion and zapada closed in
on Mexico City under this immense
pressure WEA would resign on June 15th
1914 and flee into Exile ironically into
the United
States with WEA gone the revolutionary
leaders now had to decide how they would
rule Mexico coranza as the instigator of
the Rebellion took the risk of declaring
himself president-elect but in order to
reduce tensions also called for a
meeting where via abrion zabata and him
could all discuss their differences
however this meeting was destined to
fail via and zapada who came from poorer
backgrounds than karanza and abrion
wanted immediate social programs and
agrarian reforms to Plate their largely
peasant following
on the other hand coranza and abon
favored more long-term political reforms
these differences proved impossible to
reconcile and the alliance between the
four men shattered with via and Zapata
launching yet another Insurrection with
the aim of toppling karanza and his ally
abrion rapid advances by via and
Zapata's rebelling forces press coranza
and aurion to abandon Mexico's City and
flee to verac Cruz which by this point
had been vacated by the
Americans by December 1st of 1914 Zapata
and Via had entered Mexico City but
neither of them felt qualified to govern
the country and they wasted precious
time deciding on a course of action
which allowed coranza and aurion to
regroup and take back the capital the
following months would be characterized
by brutal fighting in the center of the
country although neither side managed to
achieve a significant breakthrough this
would change during the second half of
1915
in the South coranza sent forces to
combat Zapata's peasant bands and slowly
began pushing Zapata back to his home
state of Morelos on the Northern front
abrion warded off an offensive by via
near the town of salaya abrion a skilled
General was well prepared for via's now
famous frontal Cavalry attacks and
fortified his positions with barbed wire
and machine gun nests tactics
reminiscent of the then ongoing first
world war auberon would then go on to
defeat V in two more battles forcing the
horse thief turned revolutionary to
retreat to his home turf in northern
Mexico his army shattered via blamed his
predicament on the Americans who had
been backing caransa and aurion for some
time in retaliation via LED an
expedition against the US attacking the
Border Town of Columbus New
Mexico after a short Skirmish both via
and the now enraged Americans claimed
Victory a day after the raid American
president presid woodro Wilson
dispatched General John persing to hunt
down Poncho via despite the superiority
of the American forces via LED persing
on a wild goose chase across northern
Mexico and evaded capture eventually
forcing the Americans to return home
empty-handed despite this apparent
Victory via was no longer the force he
used to be and soon took a back seat in
the conflict leaving his iance with
zapada and containing himself in his
home state of Chihuahua with his power
seeming increasingly secure coranza
drafted a new Mexican constitution in
1917 the first in the world to set out
social rights such as the 8-hour work
day maternity leave and the right to
strike coranza scored a further victory
in 1919 when he successfully
assassinated Amano zapada bringing an
end to his Reb rebellion in the South
though small scale fighting was still
ongoing throughout Mexico coranza
appeared to be nearing total Victory
however as coranza was securing notable
political victories and consolidating
his power he also began to alienate his
closest Ally alvero
abreon abreon had been put off by many
of Coran's reforms and felt like he was
being gradually pushed to the sidelines
of Mexican
Politics the final straw came in 1920
when coranza chose to nominate an
obscure Diplomat as his chosen successor
instead of aurion this slight proved too
much for aurion who promptly launched
what proved to be the final coup of the
Mexican
Revolution with the Army at his back
aurion stormed Mexico City forcing
coranza to flee to verac Cruz once again
however arrian's former Ally would never
reach his destination somewhere along
the road to verac Cruz coranza was shot
the exact circumstances of his death are
still debated
today Alo abrian would rule Mexico from
1920 to 1924 before turning over power
to a trusted Ally just as he wished
coranza had done during his rule abrian
would pass numerous reforms and provide
the country with much needed stability
after years of
Bloodshed rumors spread that he was
behind the assassination of a retired
rancher in northern Mexico by the name
of Poncho via of the four
revolutionaries of 19 13 only aurion
remained this dubious honor was not to
last however as aurion himself would be
assassinated just a few years later by a
disgruntled Catholic fanatic a violent
end to a violent revolution in the
decade of Bloodshed more than a million
Mexicans had lost their lives the
immense human tragedy of the Revolution
also drove countless Mexicans to flee to
the United States in search of safety
and a better life political developments
of the Mexican Revolution would also
continue to reverberate into the modern
era after his assassination in 1928
Alvaro abon's allies would form a
political party that would come to be
known as The Pri ruling Mexico until the
year 2000 perhaps most importantly
though Coran's constitution of 1917 not
only served as inspiration for both viar
Germany and the Soviet Union's own
documents but it continues to be used in
Mexico to this day so with every
politician sworn in every law passed and
every vote counted the legacy of the
Mexican Revolution lives on