Mexican Revolution

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armed conflict civil war revolution

The Mexican Revolution was a major early 20th-century social and political upheaval in Mexico that overthrew the longstanding dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz and reshaped the nation’s land, labor, and governance structures.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Porfiriato 3
Mexican Revolution era 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
cause concentration of landownership ⓘ
opposition to the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz ⓘ
political exclusion of the middle and working classes ⓘ
social inequality in Mexico ⓘ
combatant Constitutionalist Army ⓘ
Villista forces ⓘ
Zapatista forces ⓘ
forces of Francisco I. Madero ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
endDate 1920 ⓘ
followedBy Cristero War ⓘ
hasEffect recognition of labor rights in Mexico ⓘ
strengthening of presidential power in Mexico ⓘ
transformation of land tenure in Mexico ⓘ
ideology agrarianism ⓘ
anti-reelectionism ⓘ
social reformism ⓘ
keyDocument Political Constitution of the United Mexican States ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Mexico of 1917
leader Emiliano Zapata ⓘ
Francisco I. Madero ⓘ
Pancho Villa ⓘ
Porfirio Díaz ⓘ
Venustiano Carranza ⓘ
Álvaro Obregón ⓘ
location Mexico ⓘ
opponent Porfirio Díaz ⓘ
Victoriano Huerta ⓘ
federal army of Mexico ⓘ
partOf history of Mexico ⓘ
precededBy Porfiriato ⓘ
result Political Constitution of the United Mexican States ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of 1917

emergence of the Partido Nacional Revolucionario ⓘ
end of the Porfiriato ⓘ
land reform in Mexico ⓘ
overthrow of Porfirio Díaz ⓘ
social reforms in labor and education ⓘ
strengthening of the Mexican state ⓘ
significantEvent Convention of Aguascalientes ⓘ
Plan of Ayala ⓘ
Plan of San Luis Potosí ⓘ
Ten Tragic Days ⓘ
United States occupation of Veracruz in 1914 ⓘ
surface form: U.S. occupation of Veracruz in 1914

assassination of Francisco I. Madero ⓘ
promulgation of the 1917 Constitution ⓘ
slogan Sufragio efectivo, no reelección ⓘ
Tierra y libertad ⓘ
startDate 1910-11-20 ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monumento a la Revolución → commemorates → Mexican Revolution ⓘ
Diego Rivera murals → depicts → Mexican Revolution ⓘ
Colonia Juárez → developedDuring → Mexican Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Porfiriato
The Death of Artemio Cruz → hasSubject → Mexican Revolution ⓘ
Chihuahua City → historicalEvent → Mexican Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Porfiriato
this entity surface form: Porfiriato
Chicano movement → influencedBy → Mexican Revolution ⓘ
Diego Rivera murals → influencedBy → Mexican Revolution ⓘ
subject surface form: Abelardo L. Rodríguez
Viva Villa! → portrays → Mexican Revolution ⓘ
Viva Zapata! → setInPeriod → Mexican Revolution ⓘ
Like Water for Chocolate → settingPeriod → Mexican Revolution ⓘ
Mama Elena → timePeriod → Mexican Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexican Revolution era