Annalise Hack 26 March 2024 History 2301 Short Paper #1 Following the Mexican Revolution, disarray and social unrest spread far and wide across Mexico's people and their government, raising tensions among opposing political parties and the people of the border circling Rio Grande. Thesis: An in-depth analysis of the South Texas uprising of 1915, reviewed from the articles of James Sandos and Harold Weiss, details the Plan of San Diego as a revolutionary effort of shared economic and interracial disparity between Mexicans and other marginalized groups to fight back against Anglo Americans and claim the Southern United States territories. It is evident that this was a liberation movement led by various Mexican leaders through the efforts of raids,
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There are conspiracies surrounding the origin of the document and who wrote it, with no concise answer. It is likely that Victoriano Huerta was the man behind the Plan, since his remaining followers were the group it was first advertised to, to provide a means to make a comeback in 1915 after his poor political performance while in power. As it was written in the Plan of San Diego, there was to be an armed uprising on February 20th, 1915 against the United States ordering for the liberation of the Southern territory, and for every North American male over the age of sixteen to be put to death. In the article Sandos states, “Marching under a red banner bearing a white diagonal fringe and proclaiming “Equality and Independence,” the supporters of the Plan would reclaim for Mexico the territory comprising Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and California” (Sandos, 8). The call to arms was formulated as a war of race and only allowed the membership of Latins, the Negro, and Japanese (Sandos, …show more content…
The second part of the plan revolved around the structure of vesting all of their power into a Supreme Revolutionary Congress. The congress would hold free elections from among the representatives of political juntas to determine membership. Agustin S. Garza acted as a military commander for the militia deemed ‘The Liberating Army for Races and People’, which had been decided by the true power in charge, The Provisional Directorate. In the article, Sandos explains the plan of action as, “Once an area was liberated, all cultivated land was to be equally distributed and an absolute communitarianism proclaimed.” (Sandos, 9). The events of the Plan unfolded in a most unfavorable way for the Mexican Revolutionaries as time went on. The first time that American authorities heard word of the plan was after Deputy Sheriff of Hidalgo County, Tom Mayfield, arrested Basilio Ramos in McAllen, Texas, and discovered he was carrying suspicious documents. Word spread quickly and soon, while Europe was engaged in a roaring World War, Germany took an interest in the
There are conspiracies surrounding the origin of the document and who wrote it, with no concise answer. It is likely that Victoriano Huerta was the man behind the Plan, since his remaining followers were the group it was first advertised to, to provide a means to make a comeback in 1915 after his poor political performance while in power. As it was written in the Plan of San Diego, there was to be an armed uprising on February 20th, 1915 against the United States ordering for the liberation of the Southern territory, and for every North American male over the age of sixteen to be put to death. In the article Sandos states, “Marching under a red banner bearing a white diagonal fringe and proclaiming “Equality and Independence,” the supporters of the Plan would reclaim for Mexico the territory comprising Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and California” (Sandos, 8). The call to arms was formulated as a war of race and only allowed the membership of Latins, the Negro, and Japanese (Sandos, …show more content…
The second part of the plan revolved around the structure of vesting all of their power into a Supreme Revolutionary Congress. The congress would hold free elections from among the representatives of political juntas to determine membership. Agustin S. Garza acted as a military commander for the militia deemed ‘The Liberating Army for Races and People’, which had been decided by the true power in charge, The Provisional Directorate. In the article, Sandos explains the plan of action as, “Once an area was liberated, all cultivated land was to be equally distributed and an absolute communitarianism proclaimed.” (Sandos, 9). The events of the Plan unfolded in a most unfavorable way for the Mexican Revolutionaries as time went on. The first time that American authorities heard word of the plan was after Deputy Sheriff of Hidalgo County, Tom Mayfield, arrested Basilio Ramos in McAllen, Texas, and discovered he was carrying suspicious documents. Word spread quickly and soon, while Europe was engaged in a roaring World War, Germany took an interest in the