Causes and Consequences of the Mexican Revolution

The Mexican Revolution It was an armed conflict that began in 1910 and ended in 1920, which represented the most significant social and political event of the Mexican 20th century. It was a series of armed uprisings against successive governments to the dictatorial mandate of Porfirio Díaz, which lasted until the second or third decade of the century, when the Constitution was finally proclaimed Mexican.

During the conflict, troops loyal to the dictatorial government of Porfirio Diaz, who ruled the country since 1876, against the rebels led by Francisco I. Log, who saw the possibility of starting a movement to recover the Republic. They were successful in 1910, through the San Luis Plan, in which they advanced from the Mexican north from San Antonio (Texas).

Electoral elections were held in 1911 and the Madero was elected president. But his discrepancies with other revolutionary leaders, such as Pascual Orozco and Emiliano Zapata, led to the uprising against his former allies. The opportunity was taken advantage of by a group of soldiers known today as the "Tragic Ten", who, led by Félix Díaz, Bernardo Reyes and Victoriano Huerta carried out a coup and assassinated the president, his brother and the vice president. Thus, Huerta assumed the mandate of the country.

It did not take long for revolutionary leaders such as Venustiano Carranza or Francisco “Pancho” Villa to react. fought the de facto government until Huerta's resignation in 1912, after the North American invasion of Veracruz. Then, far from achieving peace, the conflicts between the various factions that they had deposed Huerta, so Carranza called the Aguascalientes Convention to name a single leader, who was Eulalio Gutiérrez, appointed president. However, Carranza himself would ignore the agreement and hostilities would resume.

Finally, the first steps were taken to enact a new constitution of the country in 1917 and bring Carranza to power. But the infighting would take a few more years, during which these leaders would be assassinated: Zapata in 1919, Carranza in 1920, Villa in 1923, and Obregón in 1928.

But already in 1920 Adolfo de la Huerta had assumed the mandate, and in 1924 Plutarco Elías Calles, giving way to the democratic history of the country and putting an end to the Mexican Revolution.

Causes of the Mexican Revolution

Consequences of the Mexican Revolution

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