Mexican Revolution 2

Leaders of the Revolution

 Francisco Madero
 Provincial political
ambitions
 Madero unable to
discourage social
tensions and maintain
popular support at the
same time
 Francisco [Pancho] Villa
 Chihuahua – popular support
 Dorados
 Emiliano Zapata
 Morelos state
 Land reform; restoration
of land to indigenous
villages
 Personal ambition did
not play a role in his
activities
 Vestuniano Carranza
 emerged as leader of
northern
Constitutionalists
 Former governor of
Coahuila
 Victoriano Huerta
 staged coup against Madero
 Had support from Diaz factions that
stayed in Mexico
 US interests and capital
 What was the important role played by
common Mexican peasants?
 The CONSTITUTIONALISTS
 Contest between Huerta and his old
backers fought with the
“Constitutionalists”
 Who were the CONSTITUTIONALISTS?
 Those who supported Madero’s actions
and claimed to uphold the 1857
Constitution
 Violent phase of the Revolution
 – 1913 to 1915
 Mid 1914 to late 1915 – most violent period –
internal fight among the Constitutionalists
 Main opposition to Huerta came from the
Northern states – Coahuila, Chihuahua, and
Sonora states
 Represented the most prosperous regions
 Open contest for power and leadership –
 Carranza and Villa