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- The Mexico revolution
- Jacklyn ReyesJaden GonzalezMatthew Llamas
- Origins of the Mexican Revolution
- The Mexican revolution began with the oligarchical policies of Porfirio Diaz because he favored wealthy landowners and industrialists. In 1908 Diaz welcomed the democratization of Mexican political life and was conflicted about running for his seventh reelection as president in 1910. Francisco Madero was an idealistic liberal from an upper-class family that surfaced as the leader of the antirreeleccionista and promulgated his candidacy. Diaz had Madero arrested and declared himself the winner after a mock of an election in June, Madero was released and published his plan de san Luis Potosi from san Antonio, texas, calling for a revolt on November 20.
- 2- Madero’s regime faltered in the start. He proved that he was a somewhat ineffectual chief executive and let down most of his followers. He failed to recognize the need of a economic change. He was a big believer in the constitutional government, and labour and peasant groups were now free to demand reforms. Notably, Zapata went against Madero and angered of his failure to the immediate restoration of land to dispossessed Native Americans. Orozco, a former supporter of Madero, was dissatisfied with the slow pace of reform under the new government and led a revolutionary riot in the north. Meanwhile in the U.S. Ambassador Lane Wilson became an enemy to the Madero administration, and the U.S. turned on the new president, scared that he was too involved in the rebel groups and concerned about the threat that civil war in Mexico was posing to American business interests. “On february 18,1913, after the ninth day of that melee, Huerta and Diaz met in Ambassador Wilson’s office and signed the so-called “Pact of the Embassy,” The following day after arresting madero and his vice president, jose Maria Pino Suarez were shot just a few days later, assuming it was probably on huertas orders.
- 3 - Opposition to Huerta’s drunken, ineffective, and dictatorial rule grew in the north,where movements to restore constitutional government with an elected president were launched in three states. Venustiano Carranza, whose Plan de Guadalupe called Huerta’s resignation, led to the rebellious opposition in Chihuahua and sonora. An unstable alliance was formed between three groups. The constitutionalist forces won the support of Woodrow Wilson, The U.S. president, who refused to recognize Huerta. They tried to induce him to agree to a free election and in February 1914 they permitted the constitutionalists to buy munitions in the United States while embargoing shipments for huerta. When U.S. marines landed in Tampico they were arrested by Mexico officials and Huerta refused to make adequate apologies, Wilson intervened more directly. In April, The U.S. naval forces seized Veracruz from receiving an arms shipment from germany.
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