Causes Of The Mexican Revolution Of 1910

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What is a revolution? A revolution is a force to stop a government force on how there governing .There is always a cause for. Like the Mexican revolution of 1910. In this research paper I will tell you about it. First, what was the cause of the Mexican revolution? The cause of the Mexican war of 1910 was when liberals and intellectuals began to challenge the regime of Dictator Porfirio Diaz, who had been in power since 1877. In 1910 Francisco Madero drafted the plan of San Luis Potosí. In this plan, Madero called for an uprising starting on November 20, 1910, to restore the Constitution of 1857 and to replace Dictator Diaz with a provisional government. Its main purpose was to establish a democratic government and to get rid of unlimited presidential terms. There were some influential people who helped start the Mexican revolution of 1910. Porfirio Diaz was a harsh and cruel dictator who served as president for 34 years. He took away lands from the poor and forced them into a debt slavery system. Emiliano Zapata was a war hero who fought for all the “peasants” whose land was taken away and were forced into …show more content…
Venustiano Carranza was a leader in the Mexican civil war following the overthrow of the dictator Porfirio Diaz. He moderate who was tainted by his association with Diaz and he opposed the sweeping changes that followed the revolution. The Mexican Revolution destroyed the old government and army of the dictator Porfirio Diaz, and eventually changed the country's economic and social system in important ways. Between 1920 and 1940, particularly under President Lazaro Cardenas the Mexican revolutionary government radically altered the economic and social system in

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