Mexican Revolution of 1821
By: Gianna Abboud and Emily Zimmerman
Where?
- Constitution Day - February 5
- Revolution Day - November 20
Who was involved?
Porfirio Diaz
Francisco Madero
Victoriano Huerta
Venustiano Carranza
Pancho Villa
Emiliano Zapata
Agustín de Iturbide
He started out as a captain in the Spanish colonial army in Mexico.
In 1821, he supported Agustín de Iturbide in the War for Mexican Independence, and helped kicking the Spanish out of the country.
Agustín de Iturbide then decided to be Emperor of Mexico, as Agustin I. Antonio López de Santa Anna turned against Iturbide and supported Iturbide's downfall in 1823.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna became president of Mexico in 1833
Alvaro Obregon
revolutionary forces:
- Coahuila has the blue border
- Morelos has the yellow border
- Chihuahua has the lime green border
-Many women traveled with the revolutionary armies and helped out with the routine work in the camp
One Cause of the Revolution:
Knowing Díaz, this could have been a trick to detect and filter out his opponents. But it was equally scary if he was indeed speaking the truth. How come?
Because Díaz had such a tight grip on all governmental affairs and nobody else had been trained up to rule the country.
Second Cause of the Revolution:
The second were the Plantations Owners. The industrial revolution brought about newer and better milling machines. Hence, sugar, rum, and rice plantations grew in size and importance until the plantation owners owned pretty much every bit of land that had been up for sale. The hacienderos still wanted more but couldn't get the peasants to sell their land because it was their livelihood. So the hacienda owners started to trick, pressure, bribe, and blackmail the peasants off their lands.