The Mexican Revolution Essay -- Mexican History

The Mexican RevolutionThere was a huge transmutation in the countrified of Mexico that conk outed in the year 1910, led by Porfirio Diaz, the president of Mexico in 1910. In the 1860s Diaz was important to Mexican politics and then was take president in 1877. Diaz said that he would only be president for one year and then would resign, but after four years he was re-elected as the President of Mexico. Porfirio Diaz and the Mexican revolution had a huge impact on the country of Mexico that is still felt in some places today.The earliest start to the Mexican Revolution of 1910 happened one hundred years earlier when two priests, Miguel Hidalgo and Jose Morelos, led a stand against the Spanish colonial officials who were controlling Mexico at the time. On September, 16 1810 Hidalgo led Mexicos Indians in a revolution directed against the Spanish plantation owners in northern Mexico. He was motivated by a engage for a new organization and a re-location of both the churchs and plant ation owners lands. Hidalgo and the Indians, armed with only farm tools and weapons, marched towards Mexico City. While Hidalgo was marching into Mexico City, Jose Morelos organized an attack force and began predacious Spanish plantations and towns. Hidalgos army was defeated in 1811 and he was executed. Jose Morelos took control of the revolution and led attacks until the Spaniards captured and killed him in 1815. When Morelos died so did the revolution of 1810.( www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/mexicanrev.htm, Encarta 98)In 1876, Porfirio Diaz, an Indian ordinary in the Mexican Army took control of the nation, and continued to be elected until 1910. This new era was too one way and started the Mexican Revolution. The government in conclusion allowed Mexico to fall into dictatorship that gave way to a new a powerful upper class. When Diaz came into power he had high hopes for Mexicos future, and established a stable government that rid the nation of crime. The quality of life improved a round the towns and the cities.. The way the government worked was expanded when Diaz sent out his strong governors to rural areas. The military was make stronger by using more professional methods of training the soldiers. From this way of training came a military police force called the Rurales made of thousands of troops. This police force unploughed order and enforced Diazs laws. Diaz also co... ...n Morelos. Zapata secured the town and then cut off the road to Mexico City. A week later Diaz realized he was in tussle and fled Mexico for Europe. After he remaining a provisional President and a large army that was led by General Victoriano Huerta. Soon after Diaz left Mexico, Zapata took Cuernavaca, the capital of Morelos, and he then rode to Mexico City where he met Madero, where he was declared President. The victory, however, was only the beginning of the problem that would come in Mexico. (www.tamu.edu.htm, Encarta 98) Although the Mexican revolution terminate shortly aft er, Mexico is still fighting for their rights from the government. Even today the Mexican army is killing there own people and then taking their land bonnie like the government did in the 1800s. This is just the begging of another revolution in Mexico. Porfirio Diaz and the Mexican revolution had a huge impact on the country of Mexico that is still felt in some places today.Work Cited Page1. www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/mexicanrev.htm, Wallace L. Mckeehan 19972. Encarta 98, The Mexican Revolution. Don M. Coerver.3. www.eh.net/AEH/archived/0200.html. Gomez-Galvarriato, Aurora 1997