Christia Sandee Suan

BSBA MKTG MGT 2

MW 3:00 4:30
Lit 2

Sept. 4, 2013
Mrs. Samson

Timeline of the Mexican Revolution

9/16/1810 - Miguel Hidalgo rebels against colonial Spain.
1811 - Hidalgo is captured and executed. Jose Morelos takes control of the
revolution.
1815 - Morellos is executed by the Spanish.
1821 - Under the command of Augustin De Iturbide Mexicos rich plantation
owners rebel, and declare Mexico is free from Spanish rule.
1822 - Iturbide is declared Emperor Augustin I
1823 - Unpaid troops overthrow Iturbide and set up a Republic with one of
their generals, Guadelupe Victoria, as president
1855 - Age of Santa Anna begins
3/2/1836 - Texas declares its self an independent state from Mexico
1846 - Mexico becomes imbursed in the Mexican/American War
1850 - Tarifs and internal decay destroy the Mexican economy
1853 - U.S. buys southern Arizona from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase for
$10 million
1855 - Liberals led by Benito Juarez kill Santa Anna, Juarez becomes president
of Mexico
1857 - Liberals led by Juarez write a constitution
1857 to 1861 - Civil War called the War of Reform, between liberals and
conservatives, occurs in Mexico.
1862 - Conservatives get help from Napolean III of France, who wanted a
French Empire in Mexico. Napolean installs Maximillian as Emperor of Mexico
1867 - French troops withdraw form Mexico leaving Maximillian to be killed.
Juarez reclaims presidency
1867 - Juarez dies
1877 - Porfirio Diaz becomes dictator of Mexico
1877 to 1884 - Mexicos economy greatly improves
1879 - Emiliano Zapata is born in the state of Morellos
1910 - Franciso Madero runs against Diaz in Mexicos first free elections. Diaz
riggs the voting, however.
November 10, 1910 - Madero leads a revolution against Diaz. He loses
1911 - along with Zapata, Villa, and Orozco, Madero revolts against Diaz again
1911 - Madero becomes President of Mexico.
November, 28, 1911 - Emiliano Zapata issues the Plan de Ayala
1913 - Madero is murdered by General Victoriano Huerta, who becomes
president
July 1914 - Huerta resigns and leaves Mexico
August 1914 - Carranza occupies Mexico
Oct. 1914 - Revolutionary leaders reject Carranza as Mexicos President, force
him to leave the country
November, 24, 1914 - Zapata occupies Mexico city
December, 14, 1994 - Zapata and Villa meet
1915 - Zapatistas carry out Agrarian reforms in Morelos
December 1915 - Carranzas forces retake Morelos
December 1916 - Zapatas forces retake Morelos
November 1917 - Carranzas forces retake most of Morelos
April 10, 1919 - Zapata is murdered in an ambush arranged by Carranza

Christia Sandee Suan

BSBA MKTG MGT 2

MW 3:00 4:30
Lit 2

Sept. 4, 2013
Mrs. Samson

1920 - Alvaro Obregon along with the Zapatistas, Villistas, and other
revolutionary groups overthrow and kill Carranza. Obregon becomes President
of Mexico. Fighting Ends