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Mexican Revolution (The End (The military opposed Carranza, since they…
Mexican Revolution
The End
The military opposed Carranza, since they demanded a Top-Down Government, estabilishing order to properly execute the constitution.
Obregon takes power in 1920 (after killing Carranza), and after him came Elias Calles. They looked for a leader that could unite order and social rights (Populism)
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Background
In Europe, Liberalism was born as a fight against Absolutism. In the Americas, it meant the fight againt the colonizers
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Revolution
Madero runs for presindent against Porfírio and loses (fraud by Porfírio) and gets expelled from Mexico.
In the US, he writes the Plan of San Luis de Potosi: Rallying the people to take arms against Porfírio, promising land to the peasants and political rights to the middle class
The population demonstrates against Porfírio, and he renounces the Presidence
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Expectation 2: Middle-class would have political rights (clean elections, modernization, influence in the government)
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Rich land-owner that spoke for the middle-class ideals and created the anti-reelection movement to fight against Porfírio